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Farm-to-Table: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/23/2017 - 10:17am.
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Circa 1941. "Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. Tennessee, e.g. Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville." Here, we seem to have two city slickers going native in the pre-Happy Meal era. Locally sourced food! View full size.
Hound Doc: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/22/2017 - 8:48pm.
September 1943. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. "A mechanic at the Greyhound garage." Photo by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Apples Alfresco: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/22/2017 - 12:59pm.
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Circa 1941. From uncaptioned photos by Barbara Wright taken in and around Knoxville of various Tennessee Valley Authority flood control and hydropower projects, as well as the photographers picnicking on a mountain. View full size.
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Harbor Patrol: 1958
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/22/2017 - 11:12am.
Richmond, California, circa 1958. "Harbor Patrol." Helming a Glasspar Seafair. 4x5 inch acetate negative from the Shorpy News Photo Archive. View full size.
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Red Means Go: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 05/21/2017 - 9:55pm.
April 1943. "Trucks unloading at the inbound freight house of the Illinois Central Railroad, South Water Street freight terminal, Chicago." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. View full size.
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Cherchez La Salle: 1928
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 05/21/2017 - 6:48pm.
San Francisco, 1928. "LaSalle 328 sedan." Latest entry in the Shorpy Register of Ill-Fated Phaetons. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.
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Blue Highway: 1900
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 05/20/2017 - 9:49pm.
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New Haven, Connecticut, circa 1900. "Sheffield Scientific School, Yale College." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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