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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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Open Range: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 01/19/2017 - 1:02pm.
January 1939. "Typical Florida country near Moore Haven." Or should that be Moo Haven? Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
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Pointed Posts: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 01/18/2017 - 9:39am.
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August 1940. "Fenceposts on King and Anderson Plantation, Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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