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May 1943. Arlington, Virginia. "Reading the Sunday paper at Arlington Farms, duration residence halls for women war workers." Medium format nitrate negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size.
This is one of my favorite series of photographs posted on Shorpy. And thanks for the link to the WPA painting. My mother-in-law was a plucky young woman like the ones pictured here who helped the war effort and got to travel and experience some personal independence.
I did an image search on the painting and found that it was created by Vincent Canade in the 1930s, while he was in WPA's Federal Art Project. Here's the reference: http://nddaily.blogspot.com/2016/04/new-deal-art-mirror-pool.html
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