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Washday: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/10/2007 - 7:51am.
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January 1942. Young woman at the community laundry Saturday afternoon. Farm Security Administration camp at Robstown, Texas. View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA.
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Flying Lessons: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/10/2007 - 7:10am.
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June 1943. Maneuvering in close formation at the Civil Air Patrol base at Bar Harbor, Maine. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by John Collier.
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Southington: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/10/2007 - 5:47am.
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May 1942. Offices of the Southington News in Southington, Connecticut. 3x4 Kodachrome transparency by Fenno Jacobs for the OWI. View full size. After researching this post we find that stop signs in the U.S. were yellow until 1954.
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Harmonica Boy: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/10/2007 - 4:37am.
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1937. "Boy playing mouth organ. Penderlea Homesteads, North Carolina." 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Ready to Rock: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/10/2007 - 4:25am.
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1937. Cabinetmaker's workshop in Skyline Farms, Alabama. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn, Farm Security Administration.
Sunday School: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/10/2007 - 1:02am.
1937. Sunday School at Penderlea Farms, a Resettlement Administration project in North Carolina. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn.
Organ Transplant: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/10/2007 - 12:47am.
February 1937. "An organ deposited by the flood on a farm near Mount Vernon, Indiana." View full size. 5x7 safety negative by Russell Lee for the FSA.
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