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Mitiguy Hardware: 1941
September 1941. "South Royalton, Vermont. The main street." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 7 comments
- 10631 reads
Open All Night: 1940
October 1940. "Along U.S. Highway No. 1 -- street scene in Caribou, Maine." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 5 comments
- 12023 reads
Fayetteville at Five: 1941
March 1941. "Traffic on the main street of Fayetteville, North Carolina, at about five o'clock, when the workers start coming out of Fort Bragg." Photo by Jack Delano. View full size.
- 10 comments
- 14009 reads
Meet the Labbes: 1940
October 1940. "Mr. and Mrs. Lindore Labbe and children in their newly-built home. Mr. Labbe, FSA client, runs a small seed foundation unit in Wallagrass, Maine." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 13 comments
- 36020 reads
Tater Tots: 1940
October 1940. "Mr. Lawrence J. Brown, Aroostook potato farmer, operates a small seed foundation unit in Eagle Lake, Maine. His three sons and one hired man do all the work. The little boy on the left picked fourteen barrels of potatoes before lunch." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 9 comments
- 17485 reads
Caribou: 1940
October 1940. "Scenes along U.S. Route 1. Main street in Caribou, Maine." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 11 comments
- 12395 reads
String Theory: 1940
October 1940. "Mrs. Baptiste Jendreau, wife of French-Canadian FSA (Farm Security Administration) client and potato farmer near Saint David, Maine." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 9 comments
- 8302 reads
Le Grand Gas: 1940
April 1940. "Post office and gas station. Le Grand, Iowa." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 9 comments
- 9772 reads
Tyler's Place: 1940
September 1940. "Farmers and townspeople in center of town on court day. Campton, Kentucky." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
- 11 comments
- 9910 reads
Crazy Cabin Inn: 1942
February 1942. "Shannon County, Missouri. Gas station and tourist cabins." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
- 10 comments
- 13785 reads
Jim's Place: 1942
February 1942. "Union County, Illinois. Gas station and roadhouse." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
- 1 comment
- 10304 reads
Hoover Terminal: 1942
Arlington, Virginia, 1942. "Washington-Hoover Airport terminal and Eastern Air Lines sign prior to demolition for construction of the Pentagon." Nitrate negative by Harold Lang. View full size.
- 4 comments
- 12396 reads
Billy Williams: 1942
January 1942. Washington County, Illinois. "Billy Williams, 65-year-old squatter, living in shack he built himself." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon. View full size.
- 5 comments
- 11903 reads
Once Bitten: 1942
February 1942. Chafee, Missouri. "Father and children waiting to see the doctor. The little girl was bitten by a dog and is to receive anti-hydrophobia injections." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
- 8 comments
- 9927 reads
Victorian Ninja: 189X
Circa 1894-1901. "Sanford, Miss J.B." 5x7 inch glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio in Washington, D.C. View full size.
- 12 comments
- 10270 reads
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