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[REV 25-NOV-2014]
Later That Day: 1910
Charleston, South Carolina, circa 1910. "Meeting Street and St. Michael's Church." Seen earlier (by three minutes) here. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
- 1 comment
- 2723 reads
Gibbes Gallery: 1905
Charleston, South Carolina, 1905. "Gibbes Memorial Art Gallery, Meeting Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
- 1 comment
- 2500 reads
Hepmobile: 1940
August 1940. "Car belonging to 'Hep Cats' on main street in Louisville, Kentucky." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 6 comments
- 6815 reads
Rust Belt Riviera: 1941
January 1941. "A section of Rochester, Pennsylvania, on the Ohio River. Photographs show Ohio River town in western Pennsylvania -- bridges, houseboats, coal barges, railroad yards. Abandoned stove and glass works. Automobile graveyard. Cemetery and gravedigger. Substandard housing occupied by Negroes." Photo by Jack Delano for the FSA. View full size.
- 9 comments
- 5905 reads
Mrs. Henry Dukes: 1941
April 1941. "Mrs. Henry Dukes, wife of tenant farmer and FSA borrower. She has about nine children and has been to hospital suffering from cancer. Heard County, Georgia." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 3 comments
- 5018 reads
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.
- 2 comments
- 3155 reads
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.
- 8 comments
- 6296 reads
Pittsburgh Poors: 1941
January 1941. "In a slum area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Hey Kids: 1941
August 1941. "Dairy farmer's children on a haystack near Castleton, Vermont." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 1 comment
- 2612 reads
Step Children: 1941
Twins Wilfred and Alfred Franklin. Click here to read Joe Manning's interview with them.
August 1941. "Two of the children of Warren Franklin, FSA client of Guilford, Vermont." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 6 comments
- 4451 reads
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.
- 1 comment
- 2820 reads
Askew-Trippe Furniture: 1941
April 1941. "Store in Franklin, Heard County, Georgia." Ask about our big Fall sale! Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 11 comments
- 4625 reads
The Farmer's Son: 1941
August 1941. "Son of a dairy farmer near Rutland, Vermont." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 4 comments
- 3464 reads
Overpass Moderne: 1941
July 1941. "Merritt Parkway to New Haven, Connecticut." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 7 comments
- 6445 reads
Shop at Rosenbaums: 1941
August 1941. "Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 8 comments
- 5257 reads
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