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Circa 1930. "Boy in tire swing holding cow on a tether." U.S. Department of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service photo. View full size.

San Francisco circa 1931. "Essex Super Six sedan at Golden Gate Park." You need a ride, Mister? 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.

November 1940. "House, late afternoon. Mystic, Connecticut." Also a late-afternoon moon. Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

November 1940. "Children of farmers in the town of Ledyard, Connecticut, in one of the one-room schoolhouses." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

November 1940. "After a snowstorm in Norwich, Connecticut." Fill 'er up with Esso Extra! Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

September 1941. "Freak Show at the State Fair in Rutland, Vermont." Next up: Boko the "Alligator Skin Boy." Photo by Jack Delano. View full size.

September 1941. "At the State Fair in Rutland, Vermont." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

November 1940. "The bar in 'Art's Sportsmen's Tavern,' Colchester, Connecticut." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

November 1940. "Having a beer in 'Art's Sportsmen's Tavern' on a rainy day in Colchester, Connecticut." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

November 1940. "In a one-room schoolhouse in Ledyard, Connecticut. The teacher is Miss Holmes." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

November 1940. "The main square in Colchester, Connecticut." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

September 1941. "Three of the Gaynor children on their farm near Fairfield, Vermont." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

September 1941. "Mrs. W. Gaynor canning tomatoes on their farm near Fairfield, Vermont." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

September 1941. "Two sons of William Gaynor, FSA dairy farmer near Fairfield, Vermont." Farm Security Administration photo by Jack Delano. View full size.