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House of Ill Repute: 1939
... 'roping' at window." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Roping? Definition please. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/16/2018 - 7:05am -

May 1939. Peoria, Illinois. "Prostitutes 'roping' at window." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Roping?Definition please. ProofThey DO "play in Peoria." Porch LightI wonder: is it red? Richard Pryor's PeoriaThe North Washington Street brothels operated by Richard Pryor's family were just a few doors down. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein)
Dive at Own Risk: 1939
... format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. 3:15 This photo was taken ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/03/2019 - 2:33pm -

June 1939. "Community swimming pool at Greenbelt, Maryland." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. 3:15This photo was taken five minutes before this post from May 3. In the intervening time, the kids on the slide have cleared away, as well as the kids on the diving board from which MPW took the 3:20 shot. The man with his head down standing in front of the men’s change room (distinctive for his lumpishness) has also moved off and can be seen in the later photo walking to the right. Ankles away!Per the young man in the lower right hand corner, remember when we used to wear the locker key on our ankles? Ankle cordsWhen I worked as a lifeguard at a community pool in the early '70s, kids had to pass a test to go in the deep end and use the diving board. They had to swim the length of the pool (any stroke they wanted), then the width underwater, and tread water for 2 minutes. When they passed the test, they received a stretchy ankle bracelet to wear so life guards knew they were checked out. The test and the bracelet were free, but a replacement cost $1. (The Gallery, M.P. Wolcott, Swimming)
In-Boxes: 1940
... Medium format safety negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. Mailboxes Maybe the Huttons kept a dog in the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/05/2012 - 4:13pm -

April 1940. "Mailboxes in Catron County, New Mexico." View full size. Medium format safety negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. MailboxesMaybe the Huttons kept a dog in the lower box to fetch the mail back to the farmhouse. Strange paradeWhat a strange parade of surreal mail boxes. And what a gorgeous photo. Just look at those clouds! (The Gallery, Rural America, Russell Lee)
Bank Shot: 1940
... Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Same building? There are a ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/12/2020 - 2:17pm -

September 1940. "Montrose, Colorado. Old bank." And "Shoeteria." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Same building?There are a bunch of similarities here but if they are the same there have certainly been some serious alterations done. A matching building from the same architect perhaps? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ [Wrong intersection! - Dave] The joys of unit bankingUp until bank deregulation in the mid 1980's, Colorado was a unit banking state, and a very restrictive one at that. Banks coudn't do any business, even back office or IT (computer) functions, in more than one building. This finally resulted in banks having very large buildings like the Wells Fargo one shown here to work in. When Wells Fargo took over First Interstate Bank in 1996, FI only had three banks in Colorado -- Denver, Englewood and Boulder, each previously run separately. Prior to the takeover, Wells only had branches in California. The Englewood FI bank was a massive building for the size of the city, and the First Interstate in Denver had two skyscrapers downtown that stood diagonally opposite each other on a city block, connected by walkways at the corners of various floors to make into "one building". Wells-Fargo must have taken this location over later than 2000, and it would have grown to this size much before then. Don't ask me how I know this! Those windowsSome beautiful gold leaf on all those windows which banks and their tenants typically employed. Different BuildingWhere the First National Bank once stood, a Brutalist-tinged Wells Fargo now hulks: For reference (check the matching notches in the background mountain): Main Street, Montrose, 1939. (The Gallery, Russell Lee, Small Towns)
Washed Up: 1939
... for dinner." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The Menu If they were lucky ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/17/2014 - 10:14pm -

June 1939. Muskogee County, Oklahoma. "Near Webbers Falls. Sons of agricultural day laborer after washing up for dinner." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The MenuIf they were lucky and had flour, water and lard, then dinner was fried dough (again) or sometimes beans. I knew an old timer from Oklahoma and he said when company was coming, Mom would just add another cup of water to the beans. Nikes, NikesWe don't need no stinkin' Nikes. (The Gallery, Great Depression, Russell Lee)
Delta County Fair: 1940
... full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. Svelte Looking at this picture, I think people ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/08/2011 - 9:44pm -

October 1940. Fun at the Delta County Fair in western Colorado. View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. SvelteLooking at this picture, I think people weren't as fat as they are now. Lean times, Lean peopleNot as much high-energy food and a sight more physical activity in the course of every day life... the same observations apply to Australians then and now. StylishToward the right, note the very stylishly clad mother and children trio: Mom in slacks with matching top, daughter at left in puttees and little boy in what looks like a sailor suit. (The Gallery, Kids, Rural America, Russell Lee, Sports)
Grunge Band: 1940
... and Pretty. Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. This land is your land -- ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/31/2018 - 11:26am -

June 1940. "Farmer, his wife, and brother in close harmony. Pie Town, New Mexico." Nitty, Gritty and Pretty. Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. This land is your land --Woody Guthrie would so enjoy this photo. I wish we could hear it. Music makingI really love the old photos of people making their own music at home. I kind of wish that was a more common thing in today's world! This land is your land --I can see Woody Guthrie sitting down and singing along. Pie TownShorpy has taken us here before. I see there's still no laundromat. [These people didn't have indoor plumbing or electricity, either. - Dave] (The Gallery, Music, Pie Town, Russell Lee)
Nue Grocery: 1939
... format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Gone now Both of Joe's ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/02/2019 - 12:57pm -

November 1939. Greenville, Mississippi. "In the Mississippi Delta, there is an ever-increasing number of Chinese grocerymen and merchants." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Gone nowBoth of Joe's stores are gone now, but he seemed fairly successful. Was there a third store?Thanks to JidThorax for finding the newspaper ad! When was it published? Could Joe have had a third location at some point? The addresses on the ad don't look at all like the photo location, which appears to be by the river: the barren hillside on the left of the photo is almost certainly the Mississippi levee, many blocks from Broadway or Washington Streets. Washington Ave terminates at the LeveeFound this article about the store: Located at the foot of Washington Street across from the levee, the Joe Gow Nue store was one of the first and largest Chinese grocery stores in the Delta around the 1920s, serving also as an informal gathering place for the Greenville customers. It sold local as well as imported foods, and other general store items. I Had That For LunchMany years ago tongue (but not from a can) was a normal lunch meat in our house along with sour onions right out of the barrel from the deli on Belair road. I loved taking my time eating the onion by peeling off portions of a layer at a time and enjoying the eye squinting caused by the sour brine while by sister would attack it like a McIntosh apple. (The Gallery, M.P. Wolcott, Small Towns, Stores & Markets)
No More Pencils: 1940
... Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Standing strong today In ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/10/2018 - 2:40pm -

        The last remaining Second Empire schoolhouse in the United States, the Fourth Ward School is now a museum. March 1940. "Abandoned school. Virginia City, Nevada." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Standing strong todayIn 1940 this school had only been abandoned for a few years; its last class graduated in 1936. It endured a total of fifty years of disuse before it was re-opened in 1986 as a beautifully restored museum. http://fourthwardschool.org/ 4th Ward SchoolAbandoned but not lost. Pre-restorationKodachrome slide I took in August 1965. I had no ideaI had no idea until seeing this Shorpy photo that a fine restaurant in Raleigh, NC, is named after an architectural style. Learn something every day. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Education, Schools)
Grainslinger: 1941
... Walla County, Washington." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The Mystery Man Strikes ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/12/2020 - 7:09pm -

July 1941. "Sacked wheat being stored in warehouse. Touchet, Walla Walla County, Washington." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The Mystery Man Strikes A-GrainThe man in the back left startled me. Interesting hat, too! No Gym Needed HereThis job gives him quite the workout! Hot workThat looks like a hot, dusty, scratchy, itchy job. Three-bushel weightI was so impressed by the sewn end of the grain sack that I found out the sack was generally made of jute, sewn shut with hemp twine. The weight of a three-bushel sack would be 120 pounds for oats, 150 for barley, and 180 for wheat. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Russell Lee)
Chicago Rodeo: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Little pieces = big ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/02/2020 - 3:35pm -

June 1941. "Trucks at Union Stockyards. Chicago, Illinois." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Little pieces = big improvementI'm taken by the brickwork used as pavement. Chicago's fickle yet predictable weather could turn a dirt driveway into an unnavigable mud pit in a big hurry. The cost of brick pavers was likely recouped in a few months. FurthurI always giggle a little when I see a 1937-1940 International hauling anything other than tripping proto-hippies. F.E. Dean TruckingIt's a 3½-hour drive from Columbus Junction Iowa to the Chicago Stockyards. Who knows how many times Floyd E. Dean made the trip. Here's his obituary: COLUMBUS JUNCTION, IA. - Services for Floyd Dean, 82, (1901-1983), of Columbus Junction, who died Friday at a Washington hospital, will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home here. Mr. Dean served as a justice of the peace in Columbus Junction for several years and operated the F.E.D. Trucking Service. Survivors include a son, Floyd Jr. of Morning Sun; a daughter, Mona Oberhaus of Davenport; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Complete with cowboysI knew someone with a real Chicago accent, who grew up on the South Side. She mentioned one day her dad had been a cowboy. "When he was a kid? Did he grow up out west?" "No, in the stockyards. He rode a horse and herded cattle." (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chicago, John Vachon)
Larger Than Life: 1939
... from Shorpy! Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Four Paws and a Pa Perfect! ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/16/2018 - 6:17pm -

August 1939. "Oilfield truck driver and his son sitting on front porch. Seminole, Oklahoma." Happy Father's Day from Shorpy! Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Four Paws and a PaPerfect! True lovein the eyes of that little boy for his dad. "Thank you, dad"... for this cute puppy dog and my new overalls! Big Bucks!I just read an article in the L.A. Times saying that oilfield truck drivers are being offered $140,000 plus. Wonder what this guy was pulling down. The kid's look of adoration makes Father's Day! Looking up to your fatherThe totally honest look of admiration and idolization in the eyes of that little boy for his father could never be posed or faked. It amazes me to see repeatedly on Shorpy how one picture really does speak a thousand words. Thank you for a truly heartwarming photo in which material wealth is not a factor in determining the important things in life. Happy Father's Day to all the devoted dads in the world. (The Gallery, Dogs, Kids, Russell Lee)
Grandmother: 1939
... October 1939. "Soper grandmother, who lives with family. Farm Security Administration borrower. Willow Creek area. Malheur County, Oregon." ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/30/2012 - 2:43pm -

October 1939. "Soper grandmother, who lives with family. Farm Security Administration borrower. Willow Creek area. Malheur County, Oregon." Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the FSA. View full size. Huh?Did they mean super grandmother? If not, what is a soper grandmother? [She's a member of the Soper family. - Dave] I live in this areaMy grandparents moved here around that time. I will see if they recognize her. Interesting. (The Gallery, Dorothea Lange, Portraits)
Two of a Kind: 1941
... Park Place." 35mm acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Fast forward 79 years Many ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/22/2020 - 3:30pm -

July 1941. Chicago. "Man seated on corner of Jefferson Street and Vernon Park Place." 35mm acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Fast forward 79 yearsMany parts of the hydrant look original. The forlorn vagabond moved on, long ago. Have mercy!Been waitin' on the bus all day! SleuthingGreat detective work! (The Gallery, Chicago, John Vachon)
Pointed Posts: 1940
... Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Simply Amazing that ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/18/2017 - 10:13am -

August 1940. "Fenceposts on King and Anderson Plantation, Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Simply Amazingthat comments of one photograph have increased any knowledge of fence post that I have had in the last 71 years. Shorpy should be part of a schools curriculum! On the FenceI agree with trackes; the pointed finial was most likely to shed rain to prevent rot. Functionally that could have been achieved with a single slanted cut, but these square posts have been laboriously sawed twelve times each! I'm wondering if they have been re-purposed. I see bent nails and orphan nail-holes in the post facing the camera and what may be a weathered notch cut into the bottom section. Maybe they came from a picket or rail fence and were later set as posts for this barbed-wire enclosure. Hogwire at the bottom and gate opposite suggest the pen's occupants were wont to nibble the greener grass on yon side or were small enough to wriggle under the bottom wire. I hated fence mending as a youngster. I got my PhD (post hole degree) in the red East Texas clay and generally took twice as long as my seventy-something grandfather to use a wire-stretcher to set a fence. We would leapfrog. Dig a hole, set the post, tamp it down - then go back one post and stretch and staple the four strands of wire and bring it to the new post while the other fellow moved ahead to dig the next hole, ad infinitum. There's an art to it. You didn't want to stretch the wire too tightly, lest it pull against the staples and pop them out over time. You couldn't leave it too slack, either. Our Herefords and Brangus (cross between heat-tolerant Brahma and black Angus) would rub and nose and lean on the fences. I recall running them from one pasture to the next and watching them reach under the very fence-line they just left to eat the grass they previously stood upon to reach under the wire the other direction. Goober Pea Not just for ornamentationThe pointed tops made rain flow off and helped prevent rotting. Sometimes you would see a hole bored at a downward angle close to ground level; people would pour used motor oil in the hole so it would soak into the post and retard mold and insects from attacking the wood. Had an old book on fences and gates for farm, lost it during a move, but was well worth reading. (The Gallery, M.P. Wolcott)
Our Lady of the Ascension: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Door stop There’s a ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/08/2020 - 10:47am -

January 1941. "Going to Mass. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Door stopThere’s a disembodied foot under that door on the right. And spindly fingers groping around the edge of the other door. Oh My My My WhooooopsNo railing on slick marble steps compounded by high heels possibly with slick leather soles has got to lead to a fallen lady at the bottom of the steps unless she said a prayer to St Jude, Patron Saint Of Lost Causes or St Christopher, Patron Saint Of Travelers then all would be good. Highest marksAnother contender for Best Title Ever! Also, I think our lady looks a bit like Radar O'Reilly in drag. Saved from the wrecking ball... and the same view today, the interstate highway ominously close: Formerly St. Mary's Church and Parish. Now a hotel, saved from what seemed to be certain destruction: http://thepriory.com/priory-history.php (The Gallery, John Vachon, Pittsburgh)
A Fair to Remember: 1941
... Fourth of July." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Like mother, like daughter ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/22/2019 - 1:09pm -

July 1941. "Carnival attractions in Vale, Oregon, on the Fourth of July." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Like mother, like daughterI notice that the woman and the little girl on the right are wearing dresses made from the same print material. I suspect that the mother made them, from fabric and patterns bought at the local sewing shop. Pretty PrintsThe mother/daughter dresses were likely made from feed bags. In the 1930s - 1950s feed bag companies used fancy printed cloth that farm women could make into clothing for the family. An unusually spectacular example is here: http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1105750 My great grandfather was in management at the Chase Bag Company in Milwaukee. I well remember wearing shirts made of this cloth which my mother's family called "pretty prints." (The Gallery, July 4, Kids, Russell Lee, Small Towns)
Freedom Factory: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Four oil tanks are all that ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/05/2021 - 11:34pm -

January 1941. "Freedom oil refinery. Freedom, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Four oil tanksare all that remain. Thanks to Google Maps you can see that Freedom is nowadays dominated by a very large Norfolk Southern railroad yard and the four tanks mentioned above are just north of the Monaca - East Rochester bridge. Looking south from the same bridge onto abandoned roads and overgrown property, where Railroad Street becomes Freedom Road, is where I guess this refinery was located. (The Gallery, Factories, John Vachon)
Silver Place: 1939
... Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Solomon Siler House Here ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/08/2019 - 9:19pm -

        The Solomon Siler House in Pike County, Alabama. May 1939. "Old home in Alabama built about 1850 called 'Silver Place,' owned by Mr. Frazier, now rented by two families." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Solomon Siler HouseHere are some more views, including interiors -- https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.al0705.photos/?sp=1 Cat On a Hot Tin RoofBig Daddy may not have made his move on this place yet in 1939, but it looks like they might still be able to stage a garden party at the house now. Once someone gets out a coat or paint or two on the circa 1845 family manse. Near Orion, Alabama. For SaleThis house is for sale, as it happens. The price was reduced last month to $175,000. Lovely photos of the interior here: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5843-County-Road-7714-Troy-AL-36081/1... Fascinating to compare room by room with the 1935 photos linked by jtkirkland. A tricky bit of carpentryOne thing that catches my eye is how the 4 large, square pillars become more narrow at the top, giving an illusion of greater height. Here's a view from the 2nd floor. (The Gallery, Dogs, Kids, M.P. Wolcott, Small Towns)
Glass House: 1941
... background." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. A survivor? Probably not ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/26/2018 - 12:16pm -

January 1941. "One of the houses in the Negro quarter of Rochester, Pennsylvania. Abandoned glass works in background." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. A survivor?Probably not the exact house, but a contemporary - it is in the right area, and seems like a period specimen; the former glass works property is in the distance behind, to the left. HC Fry GlassThe abandoned glass works was originally the HC Fry Company, sold to Libby in 1933; they operated it for three more years before shutting down. HC Fry was known for making cut glass and oven ware - pieces show up on auction sites regularly. More info here. (The Gallery, Factories, Jack Delano)
Sleeps With the Fishes: 1940
... market." 35mm nitrate negative by Sheldon Dick for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. More from Balt Market My ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/06/2018 - 9:38am -

July 1938. "Man sleeping in the Baltimore fish market." 35mm nitrate negative by Sheldon Dick for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. More from Balt MarketMy grandfather owned a stall in the old Baltimore fish market. My father worked there as a kid. I'm looking for any other images from this time period. Any leads? Thanks, Greg (The Gallery, Baltimore, Sheldon Dick, Stores & Markets)
Near Belle Glade: 1939
... Near Belle Glade, Florida." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott, Farm Security Administration. View full size. Shed Toppers Are the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/26/2021 - 5:20pm -

January 1939. "Migratory laborers' camp. Single-room cabin costs $2.50, double room $4 per week. Water hauled, 55 cents for 55-gallon tank. Toilet for about 150 people. Near Belle Glade, Florida." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott, Farm Security Administration. View full size. Shed ToppersAre the angular features on the roof a lighting and ventilation feature like a clerestory? I have been to the old railroad camp buildings on Pigeon Key in the Florida Keys built in the 1920s, and they had a clerestory and the interior of the buildings without air conditioning were surprisingly comfortable. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Florida, Kids, M.P. Wolcott)
The Waste Land: 1939
... format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Still appears to be almost a ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/03/2019 - 11:18am -

September 1939. "Ducktown, Tennessee. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Still appears to be almost a wastelandThe Verdant hills of Tennessee are marred by a scar in that area, and one of the areas close specifically calls out a tailings retention pond. So I think this may be the place: Sorry I'm having a problem embedding a Google Map; maybe Dave can figure out what I can't? [Click "Share", click "Embed a Map." - Dave] The land is poisoned, butSomeone took great care to hand-letter that railroad crossing sign with the entirety of pre-automotive verbiage, complete with serifs. Copperhill smelterThis is one time when Wikipedia really does summarize things well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burra_Burra_Mine_(Tennessee) The mine itself is located below the marker in RGMBill's image, where there are a couple of small ponds. That's part of the mine's collapse. A larger collapse can be seen closer to the center of Ducktown. The mine buildings were located on the east end of town, the Ducktown Museum building being one of them (with a large mine collapse pond nearby). The name "Citiservices" is also associated with this mine on the map, if you're poking around. About this picture, though: The smelter was located in Copperhill (formerly McCay), next to the Ocoee River, which is how ore was initially shipped out, and where train lines were built starting in the 1850s. The old smelter site is clearly visible from Google Maps or Earth. Although copper mining began in the 1840s, the large-scale industrial smelting and sulfuric acid problems probably began in 1899. A good summary is here: https://web.archive.org/web/20120211230436/http://www.gamineral.org/copp... I could not figure out where the image was taken, but the rail line followed the river north toward Ducktown, passing it on the west and continuing northward through Postelle, TN, skirting the foothills to its west. This would be about two miles west of the lake in RGMBill's image. I suspect the image was taken somewhere near Postelle. East by NortheastI believe the photographer's vantage point is just northeast of the intersection of Main Street and Hiwassee Street in Ducktown, the camera pointing east-northeast. If this is correct, the barren region pinpointed by our friend RGMBill in the Google image below corresponds to the lighter-valued patch of land seen in the photograph at 2 o'clock from the railroad crossing sign. I searched through online historic map imagery to locate the snaking rail lines seen in the photograph. Upon discovery of a map showing rail lines that compare favorably with elements of the photograph, it did not take long to formulate my end-of-Main Street theory. Today, it appears, Main Street ends at or just northeast of Hiwassee Street, but old maps show a road extending from Main Street across the railroad (as seen in the photograph), then down and out into the Ducktown hinterland. (The Gallery, Landscapes, M.P. Wolcott, Mining, Railroads)
Grain Train: 1939
... Minnesota." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration. View full size. How do they work? I mean ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/22/2017 - 10:52am -

September 1939. "Grain elevator. Minneapolis, Minnesota." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration. View full size. How do they work?I mean fill the boxcar? And what is the square building on the right. I know where the grain is at but how do they move it? Engine 475Not much of 475 can be seen in the photo, and I'm not sure of the exact location, but this *may* be a Minneapolis and St Louis Consolidation locomotive (2-8-0). If so, the construction date would be somewhere around 1912. The M&StL was one of the early adopters of "dieselization," and the last steam locomotive was retired by 1951. Maybe an eagle-eyed viewer could better identify the exact location or locomotive. Of interest is the old boxcar that has been removed from its wheels and converted into a work shed of some kind. Not a 2-8-0There are no pony truck wheels visible between the footboards upon which the switchmen are posed and the cylinders. The front set of drivers are seen behind the cylinders. It's likely an 0-6-0 or 0-8-0 switcher. Corn Belt Route engine.No.475 is an 0-6-0 belonging to the Chicago Great Western Railway. It was built by Baldwin in 1916, and scrapped in 1950. The grounded double-sheathed boxcar is being used by the local track gang. Note the joint bars and other MoW paraphernalia. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Railroads)
Fair Beauty: 1940
... in Colorado. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size. Her Dress That is probably ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/08/2011 - 9:48pm -

October 1940. "Winner at the Delta County Fair" in Colorado. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size. Her DressThat is probably a homespun dress, and look how well they have matched the pattern.... fabulous! (The Gallery, Pretty Girls, Rural America, Russell Lee)
Pony Show: 1940
... West Texas." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Second choice car There's a ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/27/2018 - 3:20pm -

March 1940. "Ring of people watching the judging of horses at the San Angelo Fat Stock Show. Many polo ponies are bred and raised in West Texas." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Second choice carThere's a '39 coupe hiding behind the buildings that's just about as nice as the '40. I'd take either. Popular then and nowThat 1940 Ford coupe in the foreground was a winner then and highly sought after today. My first car1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe. I bought it in June 1952 after graduating from high school for $225, earned as a part-time stock boy at a department store in Denver. I knew it!Knowing Shorpy, I knew this would end up being a car-judging contest instead f horses! Some Serious Money ThereBesides the almost new Ford coupe, there are quite a few recent model cars in that group, including the 1939 Oldsmobile with the dented fenders and the 1940 Chevrolet beside it. But in the back row behind the Ford pickup is a 1939 Buick Limited and it looks like a LaSalle beside the pickup. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Horses, Russell Lee)
Well-Read Schoolhouse: 1940
... Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Shoes optional Probably ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/18/2019 - 1:57pm -

August 1940. "One-room school in Breathitt County, Kentucky." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Shoes optionalProbably made counting to 20 easier. I wonder how these kids felt if they had a chance to attend high school -- culture shock? Waste NothingI love the chair that looks like it was made from scrap lumber and tongue-in-groove boards. Taking betsWhich will be first to collapse -- the table, or the chair to the right? Sweet eyesWhole lot of sparkin' going on between the wee lass on the left and the boy across the table. Or maybe it was one-sided, à la Mary Hatch whispering into our hero's good ear: "George Bailey, I'll love you till the day I die." My beloved and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary last Sunday. The first time I set eyes on him, I said the same thing, to myself (except I didn't say George Bailey). It still holds true. (The Gallery, Education, Schools, Kids, M.P. Wolcott, Rural America)
Pit Rental: 1939
... full size. Medium-format negative by Dorothea Lange, Farm Security Administration. Repair pits In 1926 our family moved into a 6 ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/27/2008 - 10:10pm -

May 1939. Garage on Route 99 in Fresno County, California. View full size. Medium-format negative by Dorothea Lange, Farm Security Administration. Repair pitsIn 1926 our family moved into a 6 bedroom home in Detroit, Mi. In the two door garage one side had a pit to work under a car. The home is now a funeral home. It is at Greenfield and Keeler. It Pays To AdvertiseThe hanging "GARAGE" sign has some primitive lighting. The incandescent light bulbs positioned to shine on either side of the sign probably lit the sign to some degree. The fascial sign against the building appears to be home-made, but it delivers the message. Most businesses were struggling at the time and this probably was no exception. He did, however, provide a service that allowed the down and out car owner a cheaper way to repair his vehicle, especially if he had a friend with mechanical skills. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Dorothea Lange)
Got a Light?
... Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. Curing Time I really love these old tobacco ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/20/2008 - 2:01am -

July 1939. Person County, North Carolina. A tobacco curing barn ready for "putting in," with fuel stacked on either side. The sticks are fed in through the small openings at the base. Piece of sheet iron on the left is used to cover the opening of the furnace when starting the fire. View full size. Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. Curing TimeI really love these old tobacco barn scenes. I was there except about 10 years later and in Wilson County, NC. Harvest and curing times were exciting because kids knew the really hard work was ending and trips to the auction warehouses would start soon. Many farmers used mules and wagons for the trip to town.Tobacco would be unloaded the first day and the sale was the next. The trip home with money in hand kept us looking for next year. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Dorothea Lange, Rural America)
Migrant Moppets: 1937
... on California highway." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. I wonder how these folks ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/26/2013 - 10:49am -

March 1937. "Migrant children from Oklahoma on California highway." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. I wonder how these folksspent the Christmas of 1936, I assume my parents had a better time than these poor travellers, then again my Mother would never utter a word about the depression. My family three years laterThis reminds me of our family three years later, in late 1940, when my dad brought us from Purgitsville, WV to Gettysburg, PA where he found work in a shoe factory. Then the old car sat in the yard until the war was over and tires were no longer rationed. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Dorothea Lange, Kids, On the Road)
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