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An Old-Fashioned Fourth
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/04/2007 - 9:23pm.
July 4, 1922. Takoma Park neighborhood of Maryland and the District of Columbia. View full size. National Photo Company. Happy Fourth of July from Shorpy! Is there a Takoma Parker out there who knows where this house is?
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Fort Belvoir: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/04/2007 - 3:41am.
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Engineers' color guard at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. March 1943. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency, photographer unknown.
Parade Day: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/04/2007 - 3:35am.
August 1942. Children stage a "patriotic demonstration" at the Beecher Street School in Southington, Conn. View full size. Kodachrome by Fenno Jacobs.
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Ella Watson: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/04/2007 - 3:08am.
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August 1942. Ella Watson, a charwoman employed by the government in Washington, D.C. View full size. Photograph by Gordon Parks, who took dozens of pictures of Mrs. Watson in one of his first assignments for the FSA.
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Miss Liberty: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/04/2007 - 3:07am.
May 1942. Emily Schwak, Queen of the May at the Beecher Street School in Southington, Connecticut, where the children put on a patriotic display. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Fenno Jacobs.
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Lincoln: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/04/2007 - 2:52am.
Lincoln, Nebraska. 1942. View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by John Vachon. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information.
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