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Family Gathering: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 11:28am.
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August 1938. "Farm Security Administration client who will become owner- operator under tenant purchase program. Caruthersville, Missouri." This group shot includes the haircut brothers from today's earlier post. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
His Brother's Trimmer: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 1:01am.
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August 1938. "Farmer cutting his brother's hair. Caruthersville, Missouri." 35mm negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Snapped: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 7:53pm.
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May 1938. "Wrestling match sponsored by American Legion. Sikeston, Missouri." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the FSA.
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Hot and Cold: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 3:03pm.
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December 1936. "Washroom of Rustan brothers' farmhouse near Dickens, Iowa." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative: Russell Lee, Resettlement Administration
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Overton, Nebraska: 1904
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 10:33am.
1904. "Grocery store in Overton, Nebraska." View full size. Glass plate negative by Solomon D. Butcher. Nebraska State Historical Society collection.
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Tahlequah Revival: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 9:24am.
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July 1939. "Group of people assembled under tree to listen to revival rally on Saturday afternoon. Tahlequah, Oklahoma." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.
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Innerwing Inspectors: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 10:30pm.
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October 1942. Douglas Aircraft Co. at Long Beach, California. "Carefully trained women inspectors check cargo transport innerwings before they are assembled on the fuselage." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.
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