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The Plod Thickens: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/07/2018 - 4:12pm.
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March 1941. "Backed up storm sewer in Negro slum district. Norfolk, Virginia." Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Submitted by hillie_bolliday on Sat, 02/10/2018 - 5:41pm.
Nineteen forty-one. Looks like as though it was 50-100 years before that. Amazing.
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