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NEW FROM THE VINTAGRAPH VAULTS • BEHIND THE ARMY, c. 1942
Salem: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 1:16pm.
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February 1940. The business district in Salem, Illinois. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration.
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Roy Nelin: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 1:14am.
December 1942. Melrose Park, Illinois. Roy Nelin, a box packer in the Proviso Yard roundhouse of the Chicago & North Western R.R. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information.
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Leaf Smoke: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 12/28/2007 - 11:52pm.
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November 1940. Burning autumn leaves along Broadway in Norwich, Connecticut. View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
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Submitted by Dave on Fri, 12/28/2007 - 11:22pm.
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November 1937. "Street scene, Washington, D.C. Proprietor of a tombstone shop." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the FSA.
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Redlands Oranges: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 12/28/2007 - 10:38pm.
March 1943. Drying oranges at a co-op packing plant in Redlands, California. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano, taken during his trip from Chicago to California on a Santa Fe freight train.
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Back to School: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 12/28/2007 - 9:39pm.
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Untitled, fall 1936. Schoolchildren probably in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Neighboring frames show views of Amoskeag, "the French section" of that city.) View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Carl Mydans for the FSA.
Bank Shot: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 12/28/2007 - 2:24pm.
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May 1940. A friendly game in a Scranton, Iowa, poolroom. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration.
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