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Ashepoo P.O.: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 09/04/2014 - 10:13am.
December 1938. "General store and post office, sawmill town. Ashepoo, South Carolina." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
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No Problem: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 07/22/2014 - 5:45pm.
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January 1939. "Small truck farmer from North Carolina. His neck was broken and is in a brace. Near Belle Glade, Florida." And then he found work as a meme. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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Bare Beach: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 07/18/2014 - 3:44pm.
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January 1939. "Packing cabbages in truck to go to market, from small truck farm of man from North Carolina. Near Belle Glade, Florida." Bare Beach was an agricultural outpost on the southern shore of Lake Okeechobee. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Special Pleating: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 07/15/2014 - 8:46pm.
January 1941. "Old buildings in New Orleans." Custom Buttons and "Sandwiches of All Kind." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
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Two Guys: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/09/2014 - 9:26pm.
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An uncaptioned photo taken by Marion Post Wolcott in September 1941 whose neighbors show bean-threshing activities in the North Platte River Valley of Nebraska. So we'll call these guys the Legume Brothers. View full size.
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Leadville Castle: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/02/2014 - 5:01pm.
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September 1941. "House in old mining town. Leadville, Colorado." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Fine Liquors: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 07/01/2014 - 11:28am.
September 1941. "Main street of old mining town. Leadville, Colorado." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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