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Pause, Drink: 1939
... 1939. "Young North Carolinian in old Ford. He does not farm. 'Works for wages.' At Tuck's filling station. Person County, N.C." Medium format negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Dorothea Lange, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/08/2018 - 11:50am -

July 1939. "Young North Carolinian in old Ford. He does not farm. 'Works for wages.' At Tuck's filling station. Person County, N.C." Medium format negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Dorothea Lange, Gas Stations, Small Towns)
Telluride P.O.: 1940
... Colorado." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Miners Hospital, now apartments ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/04/2020 - 1:57pm -

September 1940. "Former miners' hospital, now the post office at Telluride, Colorado." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Miners Hospital, now apartments Everything has a reasonIn the Google street view the stairs go straight up from the sidewalk to the front door. In the 1940 photograph it looks like that was the original arrangement, but for some reason the stairs had been rebuilt to the side. The change resulted in a minimal number of fewer stairs that could have been covered either way. At some later date someone decided it was worth the effort and expense to [re]build a straight staircase. (The Gallery, Frontier Life, Russell Lee)
An Early Start: 1942
February 1942. Harlingen, Texas. "Farm Security Administration camp. Morning routine at nursery school." Photo by Arthur ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/13/2018 - 10:10pm -

February 1942. Harlingen, Texas. "Farm Security Administration camp. Morning routine at nursery school." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA. View full size. Metal curler rodsIn that era, girls and women used hard metal curlers to "set" their hair so it would be curly for a day or two. My sisters had them and they were difficult to sleep in, since the rods pressed into one's skull all night long. No wonder this child looks like she is in pain, but it is just the beginning of realizing that beauty has its price. Communal glassAh, the communal glass. Not only a breaking hazard with children but such an effective way to spread cold and flu germs! I do not recall leaving the house in my curlers as a young child. It is nice to see her rolled up handkerchief in her pocket though. Probably not "Crest" on that toothbrushI wonder what she is using on her toothbrush? When I was about her age in the late 40s it was tooth powder, not toothpaste. That is probably why I needed at least one tooth filled every time I went to the dentist as a kid. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Kids, Pretty Girls)
Rabies Babies: 1939
... it." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Raw Milk? As in unpasteurized? If so ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/26/2018 - 4:00pm -

June 1939. "Day laborer and his family who live in the Arkansas River bottoms near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma. This entire family was taking anti-rabic serum after drinking milk from a cow which had rabies. There were no public funds for this treatment and a local man was financing it." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Raw Milk?As in unpasteurized? If so theoretically yes, a human could then get rabies via milk if the bacteria wasn’t killed off but on the other hand there has never been a documented case of it happening either. Even cattle today are not typically vaccinated against rabies, which does in fact occur, though not common. I suppose it’s all water under the bridge by now, or fussin’ over, er, spilled milk. Rough timesThe absolute despair of their condition is written on the father's face. (The Gallery, Camping, Kids, Russell Lee)
May Avenue Camp: 1939
... Corn patch." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Ask the man who owns one ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/04/2018 - 5:26pm -

July 1939. Oklahoma City. "Shacks, tents, other makeshift shelter in May Avenue camp, which is partially under bridge and adjacent to city dump and hog wallow. Photographs show squalor, filth and vermin in which poverty-stricken inhabitants dwell. Water supplied by shallow wells and water peddler. Piles of rubbish and debris in which children and adults have injured feet. Privies. Families eating food from vegetable dumps, packinghouses and discarded from hospital. Children clothed in gunny sacks. Malnourished babies. Sick people. Cooking, washing, ironing, patching. Improvised chicken coop. Corn patch." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Ask the man who owns oneThat was Packard's tagline, not Buick's, but imagine being able to walk up to the then-current owner of that car and ask. Or ask the owner of a 2004 Buick today. You think he or she is the original owner? Let's not forget that modern cars last much longer. No, the original purchase price of a fourteen-year-old car parked under a bridge in 1939 means nothing. Look at this woman's clothes. They tell the story the 1925 Buick only pretends to conjure. Wouldn't you really rather havea Buick? Well, this gent does. Clearly this is a man who once had money, given his car is a 1925 Buick Master 6 Touring Sedan and was a quality, up-market car in its day. Now, 14 years later, the crash has come and gone, leaving him with his one friend and grand possession, his lovely old Buick, which lives on to remind him of his prior glory. Now he's buying oil by the gallon, and not very good oil either, so his poor 6-cylinder is likely suffering from worn piston rings and using oil at a rapid pace. I do wonder, what's become of the man and his Buick? [This is the kind of car Okies bought for next to nothing during the Depression and then drove out to California. - Dave] (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, Great Depression, OKC, Russell Lee)
Fishing for Love: 1940
... you're at "4-H" meeting. Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration, wink wink. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/23/2018 - 5:38pm -

February 1940. "Playing the game 'Fishing for Love' at a 'play party' in McIntosh County, Oklahoma." When your parents think you're at "4-H" meeting. Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration, wink wink. View full size.
The Hills Have Holes: 1940
... Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Left twix or right twix The ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/31/2018 - 3:35pm -

September 1940. "House in near-deserted town of Tyler, Pennsylvania, showing abandoned coke ovens in background." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Left twix or right twixThe two chimneys lead me to believe this house is a "double" or "duplex" as we call them in the Midwest. Still trying to decide "twix" which side is optimum to live on. TodayThis blog post was from someone who visited the site. Interesting contrast between then and now. http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2015/01/tyler-coke-works-tyler-pa.html (The Gallery, Bizarre, Jack Delano, Mining, Small Towns)
By Their Fruits: 1941
... format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Time consuming labor there ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/18/2019 - 6:20pm -

September 1941. "Mrs. Harvey Renninger and son in her home with canned goods. Two River Non-Stock Cooperative, FSA co-op. Waterloo, Nebraska." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Time consuming labor there canning.How did the Mr. and Mrs. find time to procreate two little spuds?? Her name is EthelEthel Renninger died in 1991 at the age of 82, five months after son Richard passed at the age of 58. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Kids, M.P. Wolcott, Rural America)
Small Town News: 1939
... size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. Does anyone know what a Uropractor does? The ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/21/2007 - 6:00pm -

October 1939. Newsboy in Montrose, Colorado. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. Does anyone know what a Uropractor does?The sign on the bottom of the column reads "Sprog & Sporg Uropractors" I am not sure what that is. Internet search pulled up nothing. [There are no "uropractors" on this sign. No Sprog or Sporg, either. What we have are the Mssrs. Spong, chiropractors. - Dave] (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Kids)
Little Squirt: 1941
... July picnic in Vale, Oregon." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Possible Current View No ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/07/2014 - 4:00am -

July 1941. "Fun at the water fountain. Fourth of July picnic in Vale, Oregon." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Possible Current ViewNo idea if this is the exact location, but the large cement square is there. View Larger Map DelightfulCandid shot; boys being boys! (The Gallery, July 4, Kids, Russell Lee)
Making the Rounds: 1937
... . 4x5 inch acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Nothing for sale but services ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/02/2017 - 11:12am -

October 1937. "Houses near the railroad tracks. Hagerstown, Maryland." With a return appearance by the boys last seen here. 4x5 inch acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Nothing for sale but servicesIn this and the companion photo of lovely, track-side Hagerstown, all the storefronts save the barber shop appear to be occupied by the detritus of failed businesses. Great places to slap up circus posters, though one doubts many of the neighbors could afford tickets. Kids used to show up as the circus tent was being erected, though, and frequently were able to trade their unskilled labor for the price of admission. I'm told that carrying bucket after bucket of water for the elephants was a typical roustabout task. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Bicycles, Kids, Railroads)
Good as New: 1939
May 1939. "Farm Security Administration camp at Farmersville, Tulare County, California, for migratory ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/24/2018 - 11:53am -

May 1939. "Farm Security Administration camp at Farmersville, Tulare County, California, for migratory agricultural laborers. Migratory boys come to the clinic for attention of the resident nurse of the Agricultural Workers' Health and Medical Association." 4x5 nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the FSA. View full size. Migratory BoysIt is a mystery how they always find the way back to pond in which they were born! Old Time MedicinesIt's difficult to determine all of the medicines and remedies that are in this doctor's formulary, but clearly there's the following: Band-Aids - Johnson & Johnson Asprin - unknown maker Tincture of Merthiolate, 1:2000 (an antiseptic) - Eli Lilly Whitfield's Ointment (an anti-fungal) - Eli Lilly Argyrol (an antiseptic, anti-infective & VD treatment) - Zonite Products Co. Interesting tidbit about Argyrol... it was so popular, particularly during wartime - it was used to treat gonorrhea infections - that the creator and initial producer, Dr. Albert Barnes (A.C. Barnes Company) made a fortune. He used that fortune to purchase fine art and his extensive art collection is now on display in downtown Philadelphia at the Barnes Foundation Museum on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. (The Gallery, Dorothea Lange, Kids, Medicine)
I'm E.Z.: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Come here often? If he's E. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/10/2020 - 2:35pm -

August 1941. "Ore puncher waiting for change of shift. Allouez, Wisconsin." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Come here often?If he's E. Z., you can call me Ava L. Bull. Nimble Ore PunchingMinnesota natural iron ore as being handled in 1941 was heavy. Unbelievably dense and heavy! Those short little ore cars, each only 24 feet long to match the spacing of the pockets and loading spouts in the docks, and the hatches of the boats holds that Shorpy has recently featured in other recent pix, held up to 100 tons of iron ore! The ore cars were shoved by steam locomotives onto the docks and spotted carefully over the bins to be dumped into the boats (even though they're 1/5 of a mile long, on the Great Lakes they're "boats"). This dense ore tended to "clump up" in the ore cars. When the doors under each car were opened, often the ore didn't dump! Hence, the "punchers". Particularly in freezing weather near the end of the shipping season. These guys climbed on top of such cars with a pike pole to jab it down into the ore to break it loose, then quickly get off the top of the car before he becomes part of a shipment to Cleveland. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Portraits)
American Lunch: 1938
... on L Street." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. NW or NE? Does anyone know ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/12/2012 - 5:32pm -

January 1938. Washington, D.C. "Buildings on L Street." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. NW or NE?Does anyone know whether this is L Street NW or L Street NE? It's N.W.I Googled the address to see if I could find a current view and located a "then and now" picture on a website called "Vanished: Washington." I have no connection to the site, BTW. http://www.theruinedcapitol.com/2012/02/1809-1807-l-street-nw.html (The Gallery, D.C., Russell Lee)
Mi Gusta: 1941
... Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Beachy Amish? Sarasota has ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/25/2017 - 6:22am -

January 1941. "Amish farmers from Pennsylvania near Sarasota, where they are observing Florida farming methods." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Beachy Amish?Sarasota has an Amish community, known as the only "City" Amish. This community is comprised of "Beachy' Amish, who are more liberal in use of modern conveniences. (Though many Amish enjoy sunsets on Lido Beach, the name comes from Bishop Moses Beachy). Yo QuieroThose botas. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Florida, M.P. Wolcott)
Carbon County: 1940
... Carbon County, Wyoming." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Prairie Avalanches? Rather ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/15/2018 - 11:04pm -

March 1940. "Snow shed over Union Pacific tracks. Carbon County, Wyoming." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Prairie Avalanches?Rather than to protect tracks from being swept away by avalanches, as in the mountains, this "Level Fall Shed" was built to protect tracks on the prairie in locations that are known to be particularly prone to heavy drifting of snow. Old SnowOn the right side of the picture looks like old snow drifts from earlier in the winter. I know in Arkansas January 1940 was in the top 5 coldest Januarys of record keeping. TurainThe prairie to the north rises above the tracks which allows the wind to blow snow over the tracks. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Railroads)
Nathan Drake: 1942
February 1942. The fiddler Nathan Drake at the Farm Security Administration's Mercer Evans relocation camp in Weslaco, Texas. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/24/2012 - 7:03pm -

February 1942. The fiddler Nathan Drake at the Farm Security Administration's Mercer Evans relocation camp in Weslaco, Texas. View full size. Medium format safety negative by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA. DrakesTHAT'S MY GRANDPA DRAKE! (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Drake Family, Music)
Doctor Davidge: 1935
... full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. When she got equal rights I've been sitting ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/21/2008 - 7:14pm -

October 1935. "Residents of Amite City, Louisiana." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. When she got equal rightsI've been sitting here looking at this beautiful little girl. Had she been born a few decades later, she might have been a model or actress; an internationally known beauty. I think we can make a few generalizations about what her life might have been like. She would have been in her late 30s by the time the Jim Crow laws came to an end. Maybe her children would, at least, have been able to have opportunities that she never had. I hope so. (The Gallery, Ben Shahn, Small Towns)
Cimarron or Bust: 1939
... New Mexico." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Art Class? Does this statue ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/21/2018 - 1:32pm -

August 1939. "Statue by local artist. Cimarron, New Mexico." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Art Class?Does this statue still stand? Like maybe a headstone, or something? This is the worst example of art I could ever wish to imagine. I thought our "modern art" was bad. Give The Lady? A Big Hand! Please!It's OK, she's ARMLESS. She wouldn't, and couldn't hurt a fly in her present condition. I think that this is a statue of a HAND Maiden. I think they clean this with ARM-OR All. Ok that's it. Folk-art goddess?Offhand, I'd guess this is an attempt at a mother-goddess figure, likely one with Aztec roots, quite possibly Tonantzin. (The Gallery, Curiosities, Pretty Girls, Russell Lee)
Who You Lookin' At: 1940
... full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Kids, Rural America) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/29/2008 - 5:21pm -

Missouri, May 1940. "Ozark farmer and family." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Kids, Rural America)
N.Y. Linen: 1938
... of "city gas." Acetate negative by Sheldon Dick for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Scene from The Godfather ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/30/2019 - 5:58pm -

1938. "New York, New York. A scene on East 62nd Street." Showing the vans of New York Linen Supply, seen here earlier, and a gasometer, or gas holder, from the era of "city gas." Acetate negative by Sheldon Dick for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Scene from The GodfatherAny minute, I expect to see Sonny Corleone jump out of a car and start beating his brother-in-law Carlo with a trash can lid! The end of the streetSo that's what the thing at the street is ... a gas tank? At first I thought it was something under construction because I couldn't tell if that was scaffolding or trussing surrounding it. [It's a telescoping gas holder. - Dave] (The Gallery, NYC, Sheldon Dick)
Small Fry: 1940
... Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Beer Can I believe the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/29/2019 - 12:02pm -

June 1940. "Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Children of mulatto family returning home after an afternoon fishing in Cane River." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Beer CanI believe the container is a White Horse Beer. Maybe used for Worm Storage here. Previously on Shorpy --We meet again. Gone Fishin': 1940 (The Gallery, Kids, M.P. Wolcott, Rural America)
Agfa Supreme: 1941
... of Denver, Colorado." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Buffalo Peaks The rounded ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/13/2014 - 12:45pm -

September 1941. "Highway southwest of Denver, Colorado." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Buffalo PeaksThe rounded peaks are the Buffalo Peaks - east and west as seen from highway 24/285 in the center of the state. Wow!I don't think colorizing this photo could do it justice. [Dittorissimo. -tterrace] (The Gallery, Landscapes, M.P. Wolcott)
10 Million Bushels: 1943
... full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano, Farm Security Administration/OWI. (The Gallery, Kodachromes, Jack Delano, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/10/2012 - 4:16pm -

March 1943. The giant Santa Fe Elevator near Kansas City, demolished in the 1990s, held 10 million bushels of grain. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano, Farm Security Administration/OWI. (The Gallery, Kodachromes, Jack Delano, Railroads)
Lauriumians: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Home of the Gipper George ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/01/2020 - 2:06pm -

August 1941. "Residents of Laurium, Michigan. Copper range town." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Home of the GipperGeorge Gipp was born there in 1895. It seems the town has seen better days. It had a population of over 8,000 in 1900, but had dropped to below 4,000 when this picture was taken and is now under 2,000 today. Pictures on Wikipedia show lots of exquisite Victorian mansions that the copper mine owners and managers lived in. Mayberry, U.P.Barney Fife's northern counterpart probably tried to collar a few n'er-do-wells before they crossed into Canadian waters, though the Yooper Andy was probably already waiting at Isle Royale. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Kids, Small Towns)
King of the Road: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Old Streetcar As evidenced ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/06/2018 - 12:12pm -

March 1941. "Construction worker from Fort Bragg. He lives in this homemade bunkhouse in Manchester, North Carolina." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Old StreetcarAs evidenced by the destination sign area and light areas on either side. I would not be surprised if this went back to the horse drawn era. [This is a metal van or bus body that originally would have been mounted on a truck chassis, similar to the vehicles seen here and here. - Dave] Camp ConstructionThere is an awesome series of photos in the Library of Congress archives taken by Marion Post Wolcott, as I recall, during the early part of 1941, covering the area around Alexandria, Louisiana, at the time several large Army camps were being built in the vicinity. Many of the photos were of construction workers living in similar accommodations as the one shown here. Despite the Spartan lodgings, I imagine the workers were more than happy to have a steady job after 10-plus years of the Depression. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Jack Delano)
Second City Service: 1941
... Illinois." 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Fill 'er Up with Ethyl! ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/20/2020 - 4:11pm -

July 1941. "Gas station. Chicago, Illinois." 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Fill 'er Up with Ethyl!Though black and white, we can tell the gas globes are different colors. It is pretty safe to assume the lighter one on the left was white, and the one on the right is red. In that time period, the white globe indicated "Ethyl", considered premium gasoline, and the red would be regular. Around 1956, premium would be replaced by the gold crowns. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chicago, Gas Stations, John Vachon)
Crunch Time: 1940
... Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Leave them wanting more ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/30/2019 - 10:53am -

November 1940. "Dead leaves in the fall. Marysville, California." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Leave them wanting moreInteresting shot. What it lacks in context, it makes up for in curb appeal. When I see a photo like this --I have an uncontrollable urge to go crank up my leaf blower. Leaf them wanting moreI can just imagine if the leaves were bright yellow how pretty that would look with them blanketing the ground like that. (The Gallery, Russell Lee)
No Gambling Allowed: 1940
... full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. Trouble in River City Trouble, oh we got ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/02/2008 - 10:27am -

May 1940. "Pool room in Scranton, Iowa." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. Trouble in River CityTrouble, oh we got trouble, Right here in River City! With a capital "T" That rhymes with "P" And that stands for Pool, That stands for pool. We've surely got trouble! Right here in River City, Right here! Gotta figger out a way To keep the young ones moral after school! Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble... From "The Music Man" (The Gallery, John Vachon, Sports)
The Help: 1939
... Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Atlanta, Kids, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/06/2019 - 5:23pm -

May 1939. "Negro domestic servant. Atlanta, Georgia." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Atlanta, Kids, Kitchens etc., M.P. Wolcott)
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