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Shovel-Ready: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/28/2013 - 6:24pm.
February 1937. Calipatria, California. Native of Indiana in a migratory labor contractor's camp. "It's root hog or die for us folks." Large format negative by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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The Summit: 1961
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/28/2013 - 3:52pm.
Sept. 18, 1961. New York. "Summit Hotel, 51st Street and Lexington Avenue. Exterior from northwest. Morris Lapidus, Harle & Liebman, architects." Hints of Cold War intrigue here. Photo by Samuel H. Gottscho. View full size.
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Down and Dirty: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/28/2013 - 3:23pm.
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May 1910. St. Louis, Missouri. "Burns Basement Branch. A dark dirty cellar, 3518 Evans Avenue." Newsies picking up their papers from the St. Louis Times news agent. Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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Verified Lubrication: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/27/2013 - 8:06pm.
1939. "Service station in Washington, D.C." Continuing today's Essorama. 35mm nitrate negative by David Myers. View full size.
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The Merry Strikers: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/27/2013 - 3:05pm.
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August 1938. "Picket line at the King Farm strike near Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Negro and white agricultural workers striking against an hourly wage of 17 to 20 cents." Medium format negative by John Vachon. View full size.
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Making Babies: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/27/2013 - 12:12pm.
1936. "Mt. Holyoke, Mass. - Paragon Rubber Co. and American Character Doll. Pressing rubber bodies (French)." With "Old Sadie." Continuing our guys-and-dolls series. Large format negative by Lewis Hine. View full size.
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Ott's Esso Arboretum: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/27/2013 - 10:30am.
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July 1937. "Gas station in Washington, D.C." Ott's Esso Service, providing our second example in as many weeks of gas-station faux flora. Maybe this was a thing back then. Medium format negative by John Vachon. View full size.
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