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Winter Sports in Arosa: 1939

A 1938 promotional poster showing the many types of winter sports available in Arosa, Switzerland: Ice hockey, ice skating, skiing, and curling. View full size.

A 1938 promotional poster showing the many types of winter sports available in Arosa, Switzerland: Ice hockey, ice skating, skiing, and curling. View full size.

Skiing in the Cedars: 1946

Members of the American Mission in Beirut & Tripoli ski in the Cedars, Lebanon. From the Matson Photo Service, 1946. View full size.

Members of the American Mission in Beirut & Tripoli ski in the Cedars, Lebanon. From the Matson Photo Service, 1946. View full size.

 

What, Me Worry?

The Edwards boy in 1921. View full size. National Photo Company Collection.

The Edwards boy in 1921. View full size. National Photo Company Collection.

 

Ashwood: 1939

May 1939. "Second and third grade children being made up for their Negro song and dance at May Day-Health Day festivities." Ashwood Plantations, South Carolina. View full size. Photograph by Marion Post Wolcott for the FSA.

May 1939. "Second and third grade children being made up for their Negro song and dance at May Day-Health Day festivities." Ashwood Plantations, South Carolina. View full size. Photograph by Marion Post Wolcott for the FSA.

 

Cooking Class: c. 1899

Ten women in a cooking class at the Hampton Institute in Hampton, Va. Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston, c. 1899. View full size.

Ten women in a cooking class at the Hampton Institute in Hampton, Va. Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston, c. 1899. View full size.

 

Making the Trains Run: 1942

December 1942. A young worker at the Chicago & North Western  40th Street shops. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.

December 1942. A young worker at the Chicago & North Western 40th Street shops. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.

 

Christmas in August: 1942

August 1942. "First snow of the season in the foothills of the Little Belt Mountains. Lewis and Clark National Forest, Meagher County, Montana." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

August 1942. "First snow of the season in the foothills of the Little Belt Mountains. Lewis and Clark National Forest, Meagher County, Montana." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

A Candle In Every Window

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Join the Red Cross and on Christmas Eve a candle in every window, a service flag for every home. A 1917 membership poster for the Red Cross. The artwork is by L.N. Britton. View full size.

Join the Red Cross and on Christmas Eve a candle in every window, a service flag for every home. A 1917 membership poster for the Red Cross. The artwork is by L.N. Britton. View full size.

Private Lessons

Learning to ski in Quebec. No date is recorded for the photograph from the Bain News Service. View full size.

Learning to ski in Quebec. No date is recorded for the photograph from the Bain News Service. View full size.

 

They Like Winter in New York State

A Federal Art Project poster promoting winter sports in New York: "They like winter in New York State. The state that has everything." The poster was created by Jack Rivlota between 1936 and 1941. View full size.

A Federal Art Project poster promoting winter sports in New York: "They like winter in New York State. The state that has everything." The poster was created by Jack Rivlota between 1936 and 1941. View full size.

 

The Boys of Bridgeton: 1909

Workers at the More-Jones Glass Co. in Bridgeton, N.J. Small boy in the middle is Harry Simpkins. The photograph is by Lewis Wickes Hine, who described the work conditions as, "dirty, noisome." November 1909. View full size.

Workers at the More-Jones Glass Co. in Bridgeton, N.J. Small boy in the middle is Harry Simpkins. The photograph is by Lewis Wickes Hine, who described the work conditions as, "dirty, noisome." November 1909. View full size.

 

Fort Knox: 1942

June 1942. M-3 tank crews at Fort Knox, Kentucky. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer, Office of War Information.

June 1942. M-3 tank crews at Fort Knox, Kentucky. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer, Office of War Information.

 

House of Tires: 1940

March 1940. "Secondhand tires for sale at a gas station in San Marcos, Texas." Medium-format safety negative by Russell Lee for the FSA. View full size.

March 1940. "Secondhand tires for sale at a gas station in San Marcos, Texas." Medium-format safety negative by Russell Lee for the FSA. View full size.

 

Missouri: 1938

May 1938. New Madrid County, Missouri. "Wife and child of sharecropper, cut-over farmer of Mississippi bottoms." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.

May 1938. New Madrid County, Missouri. "Wife and child of sharecropper, cut-over farmer of Mississippi bottoms." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.

 

Cafe Texan: 1939

April 1939. Street scene in San Augustine, Texas. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.

April 1939. Street scene in San Augustine, Texas. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.

 
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