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Watching the Baby: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 04/11/2008 - 1:28am.
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June 1939. "Girl of migrant family camped near Spiro. Sequoyah County, Oklahoma." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the FSA.
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Cajun Girls' Night Out: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/10/2008 - 10:28pm.
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October 1938. "Girls from the Cajun country at Raceland, Louisiana." 35mm negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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A Friendly Game: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/10/2008 - 10:06pm.
September 1938. "Game of coon-can in store near Reserve, Louisiana." 35mm negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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1st Division Mechanics: 1864
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/10/2008 - 4:01pm.
October 1864. Petersburg, Virginia. "Mechanics of 1st Division, 9th Army Corps." Wet plate glass negative, photographer unknown. View full size.
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Mother and Child: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/10/2008 - 12:37pm.
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December 1936. Woodbury County, Iowa. "Mrs. Mary Kelsheimer and one of her sons on a tenant farm in Miller Township." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Resettlement Administration.
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Bird's Point: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/10/2008 - 12:33pm.
January 1937. "Working on the levee at Bird's Point, Missouri during the height of the flood." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee.
Hasty Messenger: 1915
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/10/2008 - 11:14am.
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May 1915. "Hasty messenger #2. Sacramento, California. See night messenger report." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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