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- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
- Icing Platform?
- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
- Freezing haze
- Corrections (for those who care)
- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
- Passenger trains have right of way over freights?
- Coal
- Never ceases to amaze me.
- Still chuggin' (in model form)
- Great shot
- Westerly Breeze
- For the men, a trapeze
- Tickled
- Sense of loneliness ...
- 2 cents
- Charm City
- What an Outrage
- Brighton Park
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Theatrically Incorrect: 1939
November 1939. "Tobacco warehouse during auction sales in Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
- 3 comments
- 7022 reads
Kennon's Cafe: 1939
November 1939. "Cafe next to tobacco warehouse. Mebane, Orange County, North Carolina." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
- 8 comments
- 9348 reads
Smokes-N-Cokes: 1939
September 1939. "Students on steps of building between classes. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Orange County." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 14 comments
- 9135 reads
The Typing Pool: 1939
May 1939. "School students in typing class. Ashwood Plantations, South Carolina." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
- 17 comments
- 14080 reads
Dot & Liz: 1939
May 1939. "Dorothy Smith and Elizabeth Atkinson setting table in home economics room in school building. Ashwood Plantations, South Carolina." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
- 7 comments
- 9596 reads
Atlanta: 1939
May 1939. "Slums in Negro district. Atlanta, Georgia." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 2 comments
- 11211 reads
Wreck on the Highway: 1939
The Solomon Siler House in Pike County, Alabama.
May 1939. "Old home in Alabama built about 1850 called 'Silver Place,' owned by Mr. Frazier, now rented by two families." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 6 comments
- 13064 reads
Harvest Time: 1939
November 1939. "Farmers looking at their checks outside tobacco warehouse after auction sales. Durham, North Carolina." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 7 comments
- 7431 reads
Jackson Sevens: 1939
November 1939. "Gas station in front of old colonial house (306 North State Street). Jackson, Mississippi Delta." The 777 Service Station, pumping Sinclair "H-C" gasoline. Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
- 12 comments
- 13158 reads
Look Out: 1938
September 1938. "Coal miners waiting for the bus to go home in Osage, West Virginia." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
- 5 comments
- 9315 reads
Almost Heaven: 1938
September 1938. "Section of coal mining town near Welch, West Virginia." Possibly the mountain hamlet of Eckman. Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 14 comments
- 11609 reads
Silver Place: 1939
The Solomon Siler House in Pike County, Alabama.
May 1939. "Old home in Alabama built about 1850 called 'Silver Place,' owned by Mr. Frazier, now rented by two families." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 4 comments
- 9877 reads
There Is a Happy Land: 1939
May 1939. "Signboard along highway in Alabama." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott; Buick ad by Montgomery Melbourne. View full size.
- 4 comments
- 8980 reads
The Help: 1939
May 1939. "Negro domestic servant. Atlanta, Georgia." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Tara Incognita: 1939
May 1939. "Old abandoned plantation home near Monticello, South Carolina." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 5 comments
- 7911 reads
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