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Penn Varsity: 1914

Summer 1914. "Penn varsity crew team in Poughkeepsie." Bain News Service glass negative. View full size.

Summer 1914. "Penn varsity crew team in Poughkeepsie." Bain News Service glass negative. View full size.

 

Project Turnkey: 1963

February 7, 1963. Providence, Rhode Island. "Post Office employees sitting at Central Control System overlooking work area." 35mm acetate negative by Thomas J. O'Halloran for the U.S. News & World Report assignment "Automated Post Office." View full size.


1959: "A Post Office Ordered With Full Automation"

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Orders for the construction of "Project Turnkey," the nation's first fully mechanized Post Office, were given today by Postmaster Arthur E. Summerfield. The office will be built and equipped in Providence, R.I., by Intelex Systems Inc. of New York for an estimated cost of $20 million. Intelex, a subsidiary of International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, will then lease it to the Post Office Department for twenty years at an annual rental of $1.4 million. The mail will be entirely handled by machinery ... " (N.Y. Times, Feb. 4, 1959)

1961: "House Group Finds Automated P.O. 'Fails Miserably' "

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; A House subcommittee charged yesterday that Project Turnkey, the new automated post office in Providence, R.I., has "failed miserably" to meet expectations and that its cost to the Government appears to be "grossly excessive." (Washington Post, March 2, 1961)

February 7, 1963. Providence, Rhode Island. "Post Office employees sitting at Central Control System overlooking work area." 35mm acetate negative by Thomas J. O'Halloran for the U.S. News & World Report assignment "Automated Post Office." View full size.

1959: "A Post Office Ordered With Full Automation"

        WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Orders for the construction of "Project Turnkey," the nation's first fully mechanized Post Office, were given today by Postmaster Arthur E. Summerfield. The office will be built and equipped in Providence, R.I., by Intelex Systems Inc. of New York for an estimated cost of $20 million. Intelex, a subsidiary of International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, will then lease it to the Post Office Department for twenty years at an annual rental of $1.4 million. The mail will be entirely handled by machinery ... " (N.Y. Times, Feb. 4, 1959)

1961: "House Group Finds Automated P.O. 'Fails Miserably' "

        A House subcommittee charged yesterday that Project Turnkey, the new automated post office in Providence, R.I., has "failed miserably" to meet expectations and that its cost to the Government appears to be "grossly excessive." (Washington Post, March 2, 1961)

 

Filene's Basement: 1963

February 9, 1963. Boston, Massachusetts. "Pedestrians on Washington Street walking by Filene's department store." 35mm acetate negative by Thomas J. O'Halloran for the U.S. News & World Report assignment "Boston Commuter Experiment." View full size.

February 9, 1963. Boston, Massachusetts. "Pedestrians on Washington Street walking by Filene's department store." 35mm acetate negative by Thomas J. O'Halloran for the U.S. News & World Report assignment "Boston Commuter Experiment." View full size.

 

The Informed Farmer: 1941

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; UPDATE: The address label on that "Silver Screen" in the magazine rack is for a Lee Wagner, not "Wagoner."
November 1941. "Lee Wagoner, Black Canyon Project farmer, at home. Canyon County, Idaho." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

        UPDATE: The address label on that "Silver Screen" in the magazine rack is for a Lee Wagner, not "Wagoner."

November 1941. "Lee Wagoner, Black Canyon Project farmer, at home. Canyon County, Idaho." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Road Flair: 1941

November 1941. "Trinkets in migrant agricultural worker's automobile. Wilder, Idaho." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

November 1941. "Trinkets in migrant agricultural worker's automobile. Wilder, Idaho." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Customized: 1941

November 1941. "Migrant agricultural worker in his automobile. Wilder, Idaho." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

November 1941. "Migrant agricultural worker in his automobile. Wilder, Idaho." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Thresher Parade: 1941

December 1941. "Threshing machine. Canyon County, Idaho. Black Canyon reclamation project in a dry land area, administered by U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

December 1941. "Threshing machine. Canyon County, Idaho. Black Canyon reclamation project in a dry land area, administered by U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Hot Jobs: 1941

January 1941. "At one of the rolling machines in the Washington Tinplate Company. Washington Pennsylvania." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

January 1941. "At one of the rolling machines in the Washington Tinplate Company. Washington Pennsylvania." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

 

Ghost Factory: 1941

January 1941. "Interior of abandoned Howard Stove Works in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

January 1941. "Interior of abandoned Howard Stove Works in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Beaver Falls: 1941

January 1941. "Main street in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, on a Saturday afternoon." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

January 1941. "Main street in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, on a Saturday afternoon." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Big Dam Truck: 1941

December 1941. Shasta County, California. "Dump truck which carries materials for use in construction of Shasta Dam. This truck uses butane instead of gasoline because of the extra power butane gives." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee. View full size.

December 1941. Shasta County, California. "Dump truck which carries materials for use in construction of Shasta Dam. This truck uses butane instead of gasoline because of the extra power butane gives." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee. View full size.

 

Steeling Home: 1941

January 1941. "Busload of steelworkers going home. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

January 1941. "Busload of steelworkers going home. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Howard Stove Works: 1941

January 1941. "Inside the abandoned Howard Stove Works, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

January 1941. "Inside the abandoned Howard Stove Works, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Media Room: 1941

November 1941. "Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wagoner Wagner, who farm on the Black Canyon Project. Canyon County, Idaho." Photo by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size.

November 1941. "Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wagoner Wagner, who farm on the Black Canyon Project. Canyon County, Idaho." Photo by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Man of Tin: 1941

January 1941. "Punch press at the Washington Tinplate Works. Washington, Pennsylvania." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

January 1941. "Punch press at the Washington Tinplate Works. Washington, Pennsylvania." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 
 
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