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Submitted by Dave on Sat, 12/01/2007 - 6:27pm.
1939 or 1940. "Square-dance orchestra during intermission; notice sweated shirt of host." McIntosh County, Oklahoma. View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.
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Black Butte: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 12/01/2007 - 5:35pm.
August 1942 in Madison County, Montana. Sheep grazing the Gravelly Range at the foot of Black Butte. View full size. Gorgeous 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.
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Llano de San Juan: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 12/01/2007 - 5:32pm.
July or October 1940. Church at Llano de San Juan, New Mexico. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration.
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Delta County Fair: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 12/01/2007 - 5:27pm.
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October 1940. Fun at the Delta County Fair in western Colorado. View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration.
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Attention Shorpy Shoppers
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 12/01/2007 - 2:49am.
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Check out the 400-plus images in the newly refurbished ShorpyArt Store, available as fine-art prints suitable for framing, struck on museum-grade imported French art paper by Shorpy artisans at the Juniper Gallery premises in Fairfax, Virginia. Order soonish to ensure delivery for the holidays. Clickety.
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Whitewash: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 12/01/2007 - 12:57am.
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1935 or 1936. "Negro cabin in Hale County, Alabama." View full size. 8x10 nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration.
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Hulett Unloader: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 12/01/2007 - 12:40am.
May 1943. A Hulett unloader at the Pennsylvania Railroad ore docks in Cleveland. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
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