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- Streets of Baltimore: 1940
- ... Medium format safety negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
For the love of old cars. ... Posted by Dave - 07/23/2012 - 8:45pm -
- The Washday Miracle: 1936
- ... laundry day! Or maybe not. Photo by Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Kearney, NE Poor Kearney, ... Posted by Dave - 02/08/2013 - 9:52am -
- Kiewel Beer: 1940
- ... Dakota." 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
A different use for grain ... Posted by Dave - 11/16/2011 - 1:45pm -
- Pies in Repose: 1940
- ... in Ledyard, Connecticut." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Origin We finally see where ... Posted by Dave - 11/25/2010 - 9:23pm -
- Married, With Cows: 1940
- ... December 1940. "Family of Dennis Decosta, Portuguese Farm Security Administration client who owns 12 cows on a small farm in Little ... Posted by Dave - 01/03/2013 - 9:42am -
- Cheers: 1937
- ... night in a saloon." Medium format negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
White gas Kerosene lanterns ... Posted by Dave - 07/20/2012 - 12:17am -
- The Old Bus: 1937
- ... Dakota." Medium-format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
School's Wagon No ... Posted by Dave - 01/31/2013 - 12:33pm -
- Essolene: 1939
- ... Ranch general store. Chicot, Arkansas. Leased by the Farm Security Administration and subleased to its client." With your choice of ... Posted by Dave - 12/12/2012 - 2:55pm -
- Farm Boy: 1940
- ... full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. Who are you?
(Prints, Agriculture, John Vachon, ... Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 6:53am -
- Jackson County: 1936
- ... Today, a selection of images by the undeservedly obscure Farm Security Administration photographer Theodor Jung. April 1936. "Wife of ... Posted by Dave - 07/30/2012 - 2:11pm -
- Coal Miner's Son: 1939
- ... View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon, Farm Security Administration.
Interesting... Interesting. I did not know ... Posted by Dave - 12/11/2007 - 11:40pm -
- You Better Watch Out: 1941
- ... 1942, photographer unknown. 35mm Kodachrome transparency, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Doubl-glo icicles Those ... Posted by Dave - 09/08/2011 - 11:43pm -
- Berrien County: 1940
- ... full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration.
Big Pile of What? What is the big pile behind ... Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 1:11pm -
- Full Service: 1942
- ... in Southeast Washington." Photograph by Marjory Collins, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Her Car That young girl is ... Posted by Dave - 09/08/2011 - 2:18pm -
- Rural Mother: 1936
- ... River." 35mm nitrate negative by Carl Mydans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Sons Rose,
And notice ... Posted by Ken - 07/05/2009 - 4:29am -
- Baby Squash: 1939
- October 1939. "Mrs. Calvin Brown, wife of Farm Security Administration borrower, with grandson in garden near Eaton, Colorado." It may ... Posted by Dave - 01/29/2013 - 11:29pm -
- Here Come the Cars: 1940
- ... Notre Dame." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Carspotting As best as I ... Posted by Dave - 11/10/2012 - 5:46pm -
- Tom Joad: 1936
- ... February 1936. "Once a Missouri farmer, now a migratory farm laborer on the Pacific Coast, California." A possible prequel to The Grapes of Wrath . Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
When I look at this picture... ... Posted by Dave - 01/13/2013 - 12:57am -
- Farm Depot: 1936
- ... store." 35mm nitrate negative by Carl Mydans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Lawnmowers I recognize the ... Posted by Dave - 06/15/2012 - 12:34pm -
- Step 1: 1935
- ... permitted!) 35mm nitrate negative by Carl Mydans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
They look bored This is ... Posted by Dave - 05/18/2011 - 3:42am -
- Sun Coffee Shop: 1935
- ... Front at Canal. Nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Untrustworthy Laundry ... Posted by Dave - 07/19/2012 - 6:35pm -
- The Happy Camper: 1938
- ... would do this was essential to the thinking behind the Farm Security Administration project that these photos come from. On the other hand, ... Posted by Dave - 07/24/2012 - 9:14pm -
- Tuf Nut: 1940
- February 1940. Muskogee County, Oklahoma. "Farm boy eating pie which he bought at auction and which was made by the girl ... course. Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
That's a beautiful pie. ... Posted by Dave - 11/03/2012 - 4:25pm -
- Selma, Alabama: 1935
- ... 8x10 inch nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
silas green i got curious ... Posted by Dave - 04/06/2011 - 2:09pm -
- Berkshires Picnic: 1941
- ... Medium format nitrate negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration.
BB&C You'd really feel that way, if you'd ... Posted by Dave - 06/19/2008 - 5:22pm -
- Guitar Four Hands: 1942
- ... "musical Drake family," performing at a barn dance in the Farm Security Administration's Mercer G. Evans camp, February 1942. Medium-format ... Posted by Dave - 08/05/2012 - 9:24am -
- Whiskey Wine Brandy Gin: 1939
- ... Minneapolis." 35mm negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Motorola The antenna:
... Posted by Dave - 09/14/2011 - 8:13pm -
- Dakota: 1940
- ... County." Medium-format negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Vast, lonely, beautiful. No ... Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 6:59am -
- American Beauty: 1940
- ... Medium-format safety negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Coals to Newcastle... ... ... Posted by Dave - 08/03/2012 - 7:27pm -
- Cherokee Parts: 1936
- ... Large-format nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Modern Day Wheel The wheel ... Posted by Dave - 07/22/2012 - 4:43pm -
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