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- Hard Times: 1935
- ... is the application and condition of the wallpaper.
Farm Security Administration This picture is on the FSA website. Many other ... Posted by Dave - 09/05/2012 - 8:06pm -
- Dear John: 1942
- ... Medium-format nitrate negative by Arthur Siegel for the Farm Security Administration.
The words Say, can we please see the card and ... Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 1:04pm -
- A Tehama Home Companion: 1940
- ... Medium format safety negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.
Cost I wonder how much this radio cost? It ... Posted by Dave - 01/22/2008 - 4:00pm -
- Old Folks at Home: 1935
- ... full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Theodor Jung for the Farm Security Administration.
Resettlement? Can someone decode what the ... Posted by Dave - 07/05/2009 - 4:04am -
- Pittsburgh: 1940
- ... scenes of ordinary people at a picnic, in a parlor, on a farm and in a schoolroom.
Completed in 1951, the painting was unveiled that ... much of Ms. Sharrer’s source material, including Farm Security Administration photographs from the late 1930s.
Hats off to ... Posted by Dave - 08/03/2012 - 3:42pm -
- Set a Spell: 1939
- ... doorway." 4x5 nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Country Store Look how the ... Posted by Dave - 07/25/2012 - 12:44am -
- Louisiana: 1937
- ... nitrate negative and caption by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration.
La. Woman I love her hat and parasol, with her ... Posted by Dave - 05/08/2013 - 1:12pm -
- Daytime on Elm Street: 1940
- ... 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Memories My dad grew up there and ... Posted by Dave - 11/23/2011 - 11:40pm -
- My Home Town: 1957
- ... many great photos like pictures from the Roaring 20s, the Farm Security Administration photos from the 1930s, the OWI pictures from World War ... Posted by tterrace - 09/16/2012 - 5:58pm -
- Elm Grove: 1936
- ... Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The girl can also be seen here ... Posted by Dave - 07/05/2009 - 3:58am -
- The Friendly Store: 1939
- ... in Webbers Falls, Oklahoma." 35mm negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Memories of the sounds I ... Posted by Dave - 03/15/2012 - 10:21pm -
- Veteran Hobo: 1938
- ... before the war." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
What's in a Name I was ... Posted by Dave - 04/17/2013 - 12:46am -
- Kern County Camp: 1936
- ... One of the many Depression-era tent camps run by the Farm Security Administration that served as way stations for Dust Bowl migrants from ... Posted by Dave - 04/18/2013 - 9:12am -
- Midway Furniture: 1936
- ... Iowa." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Answer to "What is ... Posted by Dave - 04/25/2012 - 6:50pm -
- Double Rich: 1941
- ... a streetcar." 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
They both look like they ... Posted by Dave - 03/30/2013 - 1:25pm -
- So Fresh: 1941
- ... full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.
I wonder what she was thinking This woman seems ... Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 1:45pm -
- Farmville: 1938
- May 1938. "Farm family, Scioto Farms, Ohio." 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
UPDATE: This is Earl Armentrout and his ... Posted by Dave - 09/14/2011 - 12:40am -
- Say Cheeseburger: 1938
- ... size. 35mm nitrate negative. Photograph by Ben Shahn, Farm Security Administration.
Excellent One of the better portraits that ... Posted by Dave - 12/10/2007 - 3:22am -
- Pass the Pepper: 1940
- May 1940. "Mrs. Marinus W. Hansen, wife of Farm Security Administration rehabilitation farmer in Box Elder County, Utah, has ... Posted by Dave - 08/27/2012 - 4:42pm -
- Attention Honeymooners: 1939
- ... by Herbert Mayer in Virginia and Maine and residing in the Farm Security Administration archive at the Library of Congress, and its cryptic ... Posted by Dave - 02/14/2013 - 10:46am -
- A Place for Everything: 1939
- February 1939. Hidalgo County, Texas. "Kitchen of Farm Security Administration tenant purchase client." View full size. Medium ... Posted by Dave - 07/25/2012 - 1:37am -
- Pie Town Homesteaders: 1940
- ... not have much equipment; consequently he and his family farm the slow, hard way, by hand. Main window of their dugout was made from the ... Texas. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
More on Pie Town From ... Posted by Dave - 08/30/2012 - 2:02pm -
- Omar: 1935
- ... of Omar, West Virginia. 35mm negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
You are in -- The Twilight ... Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 1:03pm -
- Jam-Parked: 1941
- ... in color. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
The Big Split Not a curved ... Posted by Dave - 11/19/2011 - 7:01am -
- Pop Kola: 1939
- ... years ago. 4x5 nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Dental Snuff That sign is ... Posted by Dave - 07/18/2012 - 12:32am -
- Triple Feature: 1939
- ... it, and so much more. Photos by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Darned youth of today If ... Posted by Dave - 05/02/2012 - 11:54pm -
- Texas Laundress: 1939
- ... Texas." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Determination! She is ... Posted by Dave - 12/14/2012 - 2:18pm -
- Bathgate Avenue: 1936
- ... Medium format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration.
Nothing really changes Funny, I've seen scenes ... Posted by Dave - 07/30/2012 - 12:50pm -
- Negro Cabaret: 1941
- ... Boyd Atkins Band. Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Swept away Hey, we're ... Posted by Dave - 09/05/2012 - 9:07pm -
- Branding: 1939
- ... Dumas, Texas." 35mm negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Swastika Brand I'll bet ... Posted by Dave - 06/16/2008 - 12:18am -
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