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- 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 -
- 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 -
- Gingerbread House: 1936
- ... Large-format nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Monkeys on the porch What ... Posted by Dave - 09/05/2012 - 8:05pm -
- Meet Crushy: 1936
- ... Large-format nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Peters Bottling Co All I ... Posted by Dave - 11/06/2012 - 1:10am -
- Saturday in Florence: 1942
- ... size. Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration.
This pic is great! I love all the detail. It ... Posted by Dave - 07/24/2012 - 11:44pm -
- Family Guy: 1936
- ... he is most anxious to get steady work or to operate a farm." View full size. Medium format nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.
From need to greed There is dignity and ... Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 4:28pm -
- War Chef: 1941
- ... View full size.
Keeping up with Collier Farm Security Administration photographer (and visual anthropologist) John Collier ... Posted by Dave - 12/03/2012 - 9:42pm -
- Try the Train: 1937
- ... Medium format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration.
Magnificent Now THAT is a photograph. Such ... Posted by Dave - 07/18/2012 - 12:12am -
- Diapers Online: 1941
- ... home on Carson Street. Sunset Village, Radford, Virginia. Farm Security Administration project." Where it looks like laundry day. Medium-format nitrate ... Posted by Dave - 11/18/2012 - 4:20pm -
- Porch Mechanic: 1941
- October 1941. "Radford, Virginia. Sunset Village, Farm Security Administration housing project. Fred B. Williams from Savannah, ... Posted by Dave - 11/24/2012 - 10:31am -
- Mullets: 1938
- ... 3¼ x 4¼ nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration.
Dangerous Man! Don't let those mullets get near ... Posted by Dave - 09/05/2012 - 4:57pm -
- Truck Farm: 1938
- November 1938. "Farm woman beside her barn door. Tulare County, California. No more ... nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Gold-plated That barn door would ... Posted by Dave - 08/21/2009 - 4:47am -
- Drink Dr. Pepper: 1939
- ... Double Cola. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Hey, there's Shinola! ... Posted by Dave - 05/02/2012 - 2:56pm -
- The Happy Hendersons: 1941
- ... and their daughter, who live in Sunset Village FSA (Farm Security Administration) project." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. View full ... Posted by Dave - 12/02/2012 - 7:42pm -
- Dazey Boy: 1939
- October 1939. "Dazey farm. Seventeen year old boy going to feed the pigs. Homedale district, Malheur ... nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Styles come and go It took about 30 ... Posted by Dave - 09/05/2012 - 9:10pm -
- Farm Shed (Colorized): 1936
- Colorized from Shorpy's files. April 1936. "Farm boys. Jackson County, Ohio." 35mm nitrate negative by Theodor Jung for the Farm Security Administration.
(Colorized Photos) ... Posted by Kenny - 12/19/2011 - 11:36am -
- Hamburgers 5 Cents: 1941
- ... Medium format nitrate negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration.
Seinfeld? Sure looks like the one Seinfeld and ... Posted by Dave - 09/05/2012 - 6:13pm -
- Migrant Daughter: 1936
- ... Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration.
It's in the eyes Fantastic. I wonder where ... Posted by Dave - 07/18/2012 - 12:12am -
- The Old Swimming Hole: 1941
- ... View full size. Photograph by Edwin Rosskam for the Farm Security Administration.
Paradise. I so wish that was me...
Idyllic! ... Posted by Dave - 08/01/2012 - 3:32pm -
- Chez Heinz: 1936
- ... View full size. Photograph by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration.
Somebody didn't want their picture taken ... Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 6:09pm -
- Family Trip: 1939
- ... Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration.
Can we assume... the young child on the right ... Posted by Dave - 03/03/2012 - 12:41am -
- Leaving Cadiz: 1943
- ... the program in 1943. The OWI took over the Depression-era Farm Security Administration photography program after the war began. Jack Delano's ... Posted by Dave - 08/13/2012 - 7:01pm -
- Shoofly Tobacco: 1939
- ... Medium format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration.
Priming? Is this a reference to the picking of ... Posted by Dave - 02/07/2008 - 12:32am -
- Saturday Night: 1942
- ... January 1942. Community house Saturday night dance in the Farm Security Administration settlement of Woodville, California. View full size. ... Posted by Dave - 09/05/2012 - 6:10pm -
- The Good Earth: 1937
- ... Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Field Fashion I believe a ... Posted by Dave - 07/30/2012 - 4:45pm -
- A New Beginning: 1939
- October 1939. "Ex-Nebraska farmer now developing farm out of the stumps. Bonner County, Idaho." View full size. ... nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration.
If I Had a Pony Lyle Lovett's grandpa, possibly?
A ... Posted by Dave - 07/24/2012 - 9:05pm -
- Norge: 1938
- ... Project, Arkansas." 35mm negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
The large freezer compartment.... ... Posted by Dave - 07/24/2012 - 11:38pm -
- Catfish Mover Watermelon: 1936
- ... size. Medium-format negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration.
Phone Numbers My family in central Nebraska ... Posted by Dave - 08/08/2012 - 2:31pm -
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