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Modern Kitchen: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 02/19/2012 - 4:25am.
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Spring 1942. "New Bedford, Massachusetts. Family of Portuguese house painter who live in low-income government housing project." Medium format negative by John Collier for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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One Last Dance: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 9:29pm.
"Untitled. San Francisco, December 1941." Lunch 30 cents, dinner 40 cents, and a "sandwitch" is 15. Medium format negative by John Collier. View full size.
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Heart of Gold: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 1:52pm.
November 1942. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour No. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Coal miner at end of the day's work." Medium-format negative by Johh Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Underground Railroad: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 1:39am.
November 1942. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour No. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Co. Mine car operating off a trolley cable." Medium-format nitrate negative by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Raw Recruits: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 11:53pm.
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"December 1941. Enlisting in the Marines. Recruiting office, San Francisco." Nitrate negative by John Collier, Office of War Information. View full size.
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Ninety-Nine: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 01/31/2009 - 1:42pm.
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January 1943. Trampas, New Mexico. "Grandfather Romero, a member of the family of Juan Lopez, the majordomo, is ninety-nine years old." Medium-format nitrate negative by John Collier, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Romeroville: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 12:31pm.
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Spring 1943. "Romeroville, near Chacon, New Mexico." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by John Collier for the Office of War Information.
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