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Bringing Up Baby: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 03/12/2017 - 12:09pm.
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September 1938. Chaplin, West Virginia. "Miner who has worked in mines since he was 14 and has tried to save money and have a better home, with his wife, suffering from bad bronchial condition and asthma." Plus Junior underfoot. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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Little House on the Puppy: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 02/05/2017 - 2:37pm.
June 1940. "Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Mulattoes' home on Melrose cotton plantation owned by John Henry." Medium format nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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Kid Creole: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/03/2017 - 5:50pm.
June 1940. "Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Son of one of the mulattoes working on the John Henry plantation." Medium format nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
The Guitar Lesson: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/03/2017 - 10:17am.
August 1940. "Farmer playing guitar on the porch in the evening. Near Natchitoches, Louisiana." Medium format nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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Store Greeters: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 01/25/2017 - 11:52am.
January 1939. "Store and 'juke joint' in Negro section of Homestead, Florida." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
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Potential Pennies: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/24/2017 - 6:32pm.
September 1939. "Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant at Copperhill, Tennessee." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
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Muck Rockers: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/24/2017 - 2:40pm.
February 1939. "Migrant laborers' camp near Canal Point, Florida. In foreground is a bean hamper which they use to sit on and they call a 'muck rocker.' Some of them are from Missouri and Arkansas." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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