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- Thet weren't called mangles for nothing
- Comfort level: Nil
- Alice & Jerry
- Snooze time
- Bright students
- So frilly they made me SQUEE!
- The rest of the story ...
- Fort Drum
- What's not to love
- Shorpy Filmstrip (R)
- Re: so young
- "From up here the people look like ants"
- Instant headache by first break
- Pop Quiz
- She looks so young!
- And speaking of light
- Broken promise
- From findagrave
- My Son
- Okade Coffee
- Off the Grid
- Pin Money
- Bright Eyes
- On the Grids
- Ford V8 passing a Chevy
- Those black dots on the wall
- Different genre
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Vintage photos of:
Bustling Brattleboro: 1941
July 1941. "The main street in Brattleboro, Vermont." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 11 comments
- 4763 reads
Anomie Farm: 1941
August 1941. "The family of Mr. Dan Sampson, father of 11 children. The Sampsons are moving out of their small unproductive farm in the Pine Camp expansion area to a 240-acre dairy farm in South Rutland, N.Y., obtained through the New York Defense Relocation Corporation. Near Sterlingville, New York." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 22 comments
- 6400 reads
Cupboard-Cornered: 1941
August 1941. "One of the children of Ernest Johnson, FSA client. Vernon, Vermont." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
- 5 comments
- 3371 reads
Pop Shop: 1940
November 1940. "Shopping centers are springing up at the small towns near Shasta Dam site. This one was at Central Valley, California." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 5 comments
- 2651 reads
Carlton's Pharmacy: 1940
November 1940. "Boomtown store near Shasta Dam construction site, Shasta County, California." Medium format negative by Russell Lee. View full size.
- 14 comments
- 5498 reads
Heeeere's Johnny: 1965
Los Angeles, July 1965. "Entertainer Johnny Carson on the 'Tonight' Show delivering a monologue." 35mm negative from photos for the Look magazine assignment "Johnny Carson, the prince of chitchat, is a loner." View full size.
- 3 comments
- 3890 reads
Showtime in Chicago: 1941
April 1941. "The movies are popular in the Negro section of Chicago. Regal Theater and Savoy Ballroom in the Southside neighborhood." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 9 comments
- 4731 reads
The Experiment: 1941
December 1941. "Saint Croix, Virgin Islands. Science class at the Christiansted high school." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
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