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Work, From Home: 1941

January 1941. Midland, Pennsylvania. "Backyards of company houses and steel mill." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

January 1941. Midland, Pennsylvania. "Backyards of company houses and steel mill." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

The Night Air: 1941

January 1941. "Jones and Laughlin Steel Company. Beehive coke ovens. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon. View full size.

January 1941. "Jones and Laughlin Steel Company. Beehive coke ovens. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon. View full size.

 

Break an Egg: 1941

July 1941. "Breaking eggs in egg breaking plant. Chicago, Illinois." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

July 1941. "Breaking eggs in egg breaking plant. Chicago, Illinois." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

National Cash Register: 1904

Dayton, Ohio, 1904. "Tool room of the National Cash Register Co." A case study in belt-and-pulley power transmission. George R. Lawrence Co. photo. View full size.

Dayton, Ohio, 1904. "Tool room of the National Cash Register Co." A case study in belt-and-pulley power transmission. George R. Lawrence Co. photo. View full size.

 

Steel Noir: 1941

January 1941. "Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. Jones and Laughlin steel mill -- Ohio River." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

January 1941. "Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. Jones and Laughlin steel mill -- Ohio River." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Boats-n-Buggies: 1940

April 1940. "Abandoned boat along Mississippi River waterfront. Dubuque, Iowa." Photobomb by the A.A. Cooper Wagon & Buggy Co. Acetate negative by John Vachon. View full size.

April 1940. "Abandoned boat along Mississippi River waterfront. Dubuque, Iowa." Photobomb by the A.A. Cooper Wagon & Buggy Co. Acetate negative by John Vachon. View full size.

 

Tin Man: 1941

January 1941. "Worker at furnace in Washington Tinplate Company in Washington, Pennsylvania." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

January 1941. "Worker at furnace in Washington Tinplate Company in Washington, Pennsylvania." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

An Uphill Climb: 1941

January 1941. "Street in the mill district in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

January 1941. "Street in the mill district in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Modern Forest: 1941

January 1941. "Stacks at the Pittsburgh Crucible Steel Company in Midland, Pennsylvania." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

January 1941. "Stacks at the Pittsburgh Crucible Steel Company in Midland, Pennsylvania." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

In the Bleak Midwinter: 1941

January 1941. "Street in the mill town of Midland, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

January 1941. "Street in the mill town of Midland, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

The Old Mill: 1940

March 1940. "Old mill dynamited to avoid taxes after it was shut down about 1930. Berlin, New Hampshire, a paper mill town inhabited largely by French-Canadians and Scandinavians." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

March 1940. "Old mill dynamited to avoid taxes after it was shut down about 1930. Berlin, New Hampshire, a paper mill town inhabited largely by French-Canadians and Scandinavians." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Jones & Laughlin: 1941

January 1941. "Steelworkers of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, waiting for a bus to go home at the end of the afternoon shift." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

January 1941. "Steelworkers of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, waiting for a bus to go home at the end of the afternoon shift." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

 

Factory Time: 1941

January 1941. "Railroad cars and factory buildings in Lawrence, Massachusetts." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

January 1941. "Railroad cars and factory buildings in Lawrence, Massachusetts." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Fiber to Fabric: 1941

January 1941. "A large textile mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

January 1941. "A large textile mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Cloths Makes the Man: 1932

April 22, 1932. "Ware Shoals, South Carolina. Cotton cloth printing machine from rear." 5x7 inch acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.

April 22, 1932. "Ware Shoals, South Carolina. Cotton cloth printing machine from rear." 5x7 inch acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.

 
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