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Arthur Rothstein
Round Trip: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 8:02pm.
February 1942. "Brownsville, Texas. Carnival ride." 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Sal the Grocer: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 07/14/2009 - 1:21am.
December 1936. "Scene from the Bronx tenement district from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come." Medium format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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Outfall: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 07/13/2009 - 7:11am.
September 1936. "Pittsburgh waterfront, Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers." Medium format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA. View full size.
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Halloween Hoedown: 1940
Submitted by Fredric Falcon on Sun, 06/28/2009 - 1:33am.
This photo by Arthur Rothstein wasn't an ideal one to colorize, but somehow it challenged me. I didn't like the rope going across, so I removed it. I couldn't resist adding a little humor by making the banjo player's clothing mismatched. I figure that in that day and place, he just might have dressed like that for an informal evening of jamming with his buddies. View full size.
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En Route: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 05/10/2009 - 3:00pm.
May 1936. "Steam shovels on flatcars. Cherokee County, Kansas." Medium-format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA. View full size.
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Stress Test: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 05/09/2009 - 12:58pm.
May 1936. "Bank that failed. Kansas." Medium-format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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Playtime: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 05/09/2009 - 12:07am.
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March 1936. "Children's playground, St. Louis." Medium-format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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