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Society of Friends: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 08/12/2007 - 8:51pm.
October 1939. "All the members of the congregation. Friends church (Quaker)." Mrs. Wardlow and Mrs. Hull are over to the left of the entrance to the dugout. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon. View full size. Photo: Dorothea Lange.
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Milwaukee Boneyard: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 08/12/2007 - 3:29pm.
April 1936. "Junk, with living quarters close by." Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 3¼ x 4¼ nitrate negative photographed by Carl Mydans. View full size.
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Mrs. Wardlaw: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 08/12/2007 - 3:19pm.
October 1939. Mrs. Wardlow [Wardlaw] at the Society of Friends church. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon. View full size. Photograph by Dorothea Lange.
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730 West Winnebago: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 08/12/2007 - 1:27am.
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April 1936. View from living quarters at 730 West Winnebago Street, looking back down the alley. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. View full size. Photo by Carl Mydans.
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L Street Alleyway: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 08/12/2007 - 1:23am.
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November 1935. Alley near L Street NW with Blake School in background. Washington, D.C. View full size. Photograph by Carl Mydans.
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Dead Ox Flat: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 08/11/2007 - 7:37pm.
October 1939. "Mrs. Hull, in one-room basement dugout home. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon." View full size. Photograph by Dorothea Lange.
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Home Is Where the Tent Is: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 08/11/2007 - 12:34pm.
October 1939. "The Fairbanks family has moved to three different places on the project in one year." Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon. Photograph by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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