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Horse Clothing: 1940

Horse Clothing: 1940

July 1940. "Manitowoc, Wisconsin." Hub of the fly-net industry. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Le Petit Theatre: 1937

Le Petit Theatre: 1937

New Orleans circa 1937. "Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, Chartres and St. Peter streets." 8x10 acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.

 

Launch Party: 1905

Launch Party: 1905

September 2, 1905. St. Clair, Michigan. "Launch of steamer Frank J. Hecker." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Nehi Guy: 1938

Nehi Guy: 1938

May 1938. Blankenship, Indiana. "Resting in front of general store." 35mm negative by Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Farmville: 1938

Farmville: 1938

May 1938. "Farm family, Scioto Farms, Ohio." 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
UPDATE: This is Earl Armentrout and his family, government rehabilitation clients who were relocated by the Resettlement Administration to a new house in a cooperative farming project, a story repeated thousands of times for families who were forced off the land by crop failures during the Dust Bowl era.

 

Quiet Time: 1942

Quiet Time: 1942

February 1942. "Midday nap. Nursery school of Farm Security Administration camp at Harlingen, Texas." 35mm negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.

 

New Math: 1942

New Math: 1942

February 1942. "Third grade classroom, Farm Security Administration camp at Weslaco, Texas." 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.

 
 
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