July 1942. "Bridgeton, New Jersey. Facilities for workers employed at the Seabrook Farms. Fourth of July picnic at Parvin Park." 4x5 acetate negative by John Collier. View full size.

June 1942. Bridgeton, New Jersey. "Seabrook Farms, several thousand acres, where Birdseye Foods are produced. Loading beans onto the delivery platform of the packing plant." 4x5 inch acetate negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

May 1940. "Shells of old buildings on the main street of Tombstone, Arizona. The near ghost town quality, as well as the reminders of more glamorous and exciting days, attract many tourists." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

June 1939. Custer County, Montana. "Cattle thief hanged in effigy along U.S. Highway 10 to provide Western atmosphere for tourists. '777' refers to secret password of vigilantes in 1864." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

Nashville, 1962. Portrait by Walden S. Fabry. Annenberg Space for Photography. View full size.

        NASHVILLE, Oct. 4 -- Loretta Lynn, the singer who rose from a hardscrabble upbringing to become the most significant female artist in country music history, died today at her home in Hurricane Mills. She was 90. -- Nashville Tennessean

October 1941. "Williamstown, Massachusetts. Father reading to his children." Medium format acetate negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

October 1941. "Defense motive in advertising. Elmira, New York." Medium format acetate negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

October 1941. "Defense motive in outdoor advertising. Near Elmira, New York." Medium format acetate negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

October 1941. "Scenes in the Finger Lakes region. This diner depends on the 'truckers' for its trade. Near Cortland, New York." The Riverside Diner, offering bunks for bros, booths for babes and knuckle sandwiches for photographers. Acetate negative by John Collier. View full size.

October 1941. "Small towns in the Mohawk Valley. Workers' homes in Little Falls, New York." 4x5 inch acetate negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

This uncaptioned but intriguing entry from among the many photos taken by John Collier in and around Washington in January 1942 has his Speed Graphic pointed down through the top of a well-worn display case bearing a bounty of candy (Troopers, anyone?), chemistry sets (Porter "Chemcraft") and a miscellany of small toys. 4x5 inch acetate negative. View full size.

October 1941. "Little Falls, New York (vicinity). Truckers' service station." Medium format acetate negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

October 1941. "Deserted diner near Syracuse, New York." Serving "Best" ice cream, merely "Good" coffee and -- yum! -- "Regular" dinners. Acetate negative by John Collier. View full size.

December 1941. "Washington apartment house turned into office space for the Foreign Function Bureau." Acetate negative by John Collier, Office of War Information. View full size.

January 1942. "Fort Worth, Texas. View of Main Street and Tarrant County Courthouse." Last glimpsed here. Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Office of War Information. View full size.