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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)
Shovel-Ready: 1941
... Medium format negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Service for one?? Dug by hand yet? ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/02/2017 - 9:11pm -

January 1941. "Newly-dug grave. Rochester, Pennsylvania." Medium format negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Service for one??Dug by hand yet? And in frozen ground. That would put a person under for sure. Memories from my father My father once told me that when he was a teenager , he and his brothers dug graves at the Cascade Michigan cemetery. In the winter, they used a pickax to break the top layer of frozen soil, then dug the rest. That was in the early 1930s. He’s buried there now. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Landscapes)
Askance: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Opie Taylor archetype ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/20/2020 - 7:05pm -

August 1941. "Boy who lives in Houghton, Michigan. Copper Range town." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Opie Taylor archetypeThat's an all-American good-looking boy, with cute features, great hair, and large hands and feet for an age I assume to be somewhere around seven. Maybe he grew to be tall. I hope the look of consternation on his face is down to a combination of curiosity and squinting into the sun, rather than from cares too great for one so young to bear. And I hope he had enough warm clothing when the Michigan winter came. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Kids, Mining)
Camden: 1938
... full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/10/2007 - 11:49am -

October 1938. Factory workers' homes in Camden, New Jersey. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein)
Petro Pueblo: 1940
... Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. No. 10 Steel Drum That's an ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/02/2018 - 6:05pm -

July 1940. "Filling station is only building of modern design in the Spanish-American village of Penasco, New Mexico." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. No. 10 Steel DrumThat's an early steel drum over there by the left corner of the building. Probably for oil or maybe kerosene, and known by its ICC Specification, No. 10. Its shape was designed so that it could be handled with the same equipment as had been used for handling the wooden barrels it replaced, and furthermore its bilge shape added strength and resisted dents. So how did they manufacture a container of this shape? They welded a steel cylinder (even earlier, riveted side seams were used), rolled in the head at each end, then filled the drum with high pressure water until it swelled to the desired shape! 50% taxDo I read 12 cents a gallon plus 6 cents tax for a total of 18 cents a gallon on the gas pump? Ouch. (The Gallery, Gas Stations, Russell Lee)
Dairy Inspector: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Dairy barn cats For the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/20/2018 - 10:18am -

June 1941. "The cat drinks foamy, fresh milk. Dairymen's Cooperative Creamery. Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Dairy barn catsFor the first 25 years we were married, my wife's uncle was a dairy farmer in Charlotte County, Virginia (he's now retired). We never had to buy a cat during that time. As our cats aged and died, her uncle always had a new litter of barn cats for our kids to choose from. Tasty TreatMy grandparents milked the cows morning and evening. Always an audience of interested cats seemed to show up. They both were able to angle a teat in the direction of a cat and shoot fresh milk all over their faces. It was very funny. They also kept a small hubcap in the corner that they filled with milk when they were done. When I was there, I got to run the manual separator in the pantry. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Cats, Russell Lee)
Briques de Dubuque: 1940
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. You can stay here The ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/19/2020 - 4:05pm -

        UPDATE: Commenter psteach informs us that this is the A.A. Cooper mansion "Redstone" at 504 Bluff Street, now welcoming guests as the Redstone Inn. April 1940. "House in Dubuque, Iowa." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. You can stay hereThe Redstone Inn and Suites with vintage interior: http://www.theredstoneinn.com/ For saleListed at $950,000 according to Zillow. 15 beds, 15 baths (The Gallery, John Vachon)
Two Bits: 1940
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. 24th Infantry Regiment An ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/20/2020 - 7:07pm -

December 1940. "Negro soldiers. Columbus, Georgia." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. 24th Infantry RegimentAn all black unit founded in 1869 and participated in combat in numerous wars. The motto "San Juan" on the unit insignia on the hat and lapels commemorates the regiment's participation in capturing San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War. They were utilized at the Infantry School at Fort Benning when this picture was taken and then later fought in the Pacific. Still in existence, although obviously no longer a segregated unit. Different ways to wear the same hatThe soldier on the left is all business with that level brim. The one one the right looks a little more of a rascal. (The Gallery, Columbus, Ga., John Vachon)
The Wonder of It All: 1938
... Louisiana. 35mm negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Black and White This is the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/04/2008 - 3:14pm -

Noevember 1938. Children at the state fair in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. 35mm negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Black and WhiteThis is the deep South but the crowd does not seem at all segregated. Perhaps because they are children? [Click here. Maybe you've been watching too much TV. - Dave] (The Gallery, Kids, Russell Lee)
Parade Rest: 1938
... at National Rice Festival." 35mm negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size. "Oh, Shirley Jean I ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/08/2012 - 4:37am -

October 1938. Crowley, Louisiana. "Children in buggy at National Rice Festival." 35mm negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size. "Oh, Shirley JeanI just can't take it anymore!" "Hang in there, Lloyd. Mom will be crowned rice queen and then we can all go home and have porridge." "The Help"Immediately thought of the movie when I saw this pic. (The Gallery, Kids, Russell Lee)
Bystander: 1937
... full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. The Look What a malevolent-looking old man. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 10:37am -

December 1937. Street scene in Washington, D.C. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. The LookWhat a malevolent-looking old man. (The Gallery, D.C., John Vachon)
The Squad: 1941
... Medium format nitrate negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. 1941 tennis shoes Stylish ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/06/2020 - 10:21am -

July 1941. "Two Negro supervisors and FSA borrower talk over the home problem and rebuilding of unsafe shallow wells. Saint Mary's County, Maryland." Medium format nitrate negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. 1941 tennis shoesStylish then, in fashion again. (The Gallery, John Collier)
Comic Con: 1939
... boys making books of comic strips." Photo by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size. Comic-strip books As a kid ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/21/2018 - 9:58am -

        The comic: "The Circus and Sue," by Claire S. Moe. April 1939. San Augustine, Texas. "Grade-school boys making books of comic strips." Photo by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size. Comic-strip booksAs a kid I used to clip my favorite strip, Peanuts, and paste it into a scrapbook, the short black-and-white dailies as well as the color weekend funnies. Imagine my amazement (and retroactive feeling of wasted time) when I discovered that a publisher of books did more or less the same thing and came out with annual collections of the same strips. Inquiring minds want to knowFirst of all, they already have books of comic strips all around them, why would they separate them and re-make them again? Was it just busy work to keep them occupied? Secondly, what is the boy using to cut out the comic strip? Those aren't like any scissors I have ever seen, nor is it a paper cutter. What is the point of this exercise? [That's a hole punch. Capisce? - Dave] (The Gallery, Education, Schools, Kids, Russell Lee)
8205: 1938
... combine and tractor." 35mm negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Ben Shahn, Cars, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/03/2008 - 5:29pm -

Summer 1938. "On Route 40 in central Ohio, moving combine and tractor." 35mm negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Ben Shahn, Cars, Trucks, Buses, On the Road)
Citrus Squatters: 1936
... for work in the groves." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Flies on the fly Flies on ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/28/2019 - 11:47am -

November 1936. "Squatter camp on the flat where families live during the orange picking season near Porterville. Part of migrant family of five, native Californians, waiting for work in the groves." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Flies on the flyFlies on the outside of the tent and, if Shorpy experience is any guide, everywhere else. Also, Mother is making the same face as the dog in the photo of the Basque shepherd! (The Gallery, Agriculture, Camping, Dorothea Lange, Great Depression)
Pie Town Ice Cream: 1940
... full size. Medium-format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. (The Gallery, Pie Town, Rural America, Russell ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/30/2007 - 8:37pm -

June 1940. "Ice cream party at Pie Town, New Mexico. Ice cream is a great treat for someone who must drive thirty or forty miles for ice." View full size. Medium-format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. (The Gallery, Pie Town, Rural America, Russell Lee)
Rocket Man: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Warning Labels Are there ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/23/2020 - 3:26pm -

August 1941. "Member of blasting crew at Danube Mine near Bovey, Minnesota." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Warning LabelsAre there for a reason. Say no more! Powder monkeyI spent a number of summer vacations with my aunt and uncle at a Nevada gold mine in company housing. I ate many a meal seated in the kitchen upon just such a box. The best meals ever, too. She was a real cook and feeding hungry son, husband, and one growing nephew. My uncle was a mechanic and my much older cousin was a powder monkey. Had another Herc box to stow my cars and trucks when I wasn't playing. Great memories. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Mining)
Fully Involved: 1939
... format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Like a house on fire This ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/30/2019 - 9:49am -

January 1939. "Lake Harbor, Florida. Negro agricultural laborers watching one of their houses burn to the ground. All they have left is piled on the ground." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Like a house on fireThis image has been haunting me for the last two days. I’m fortunate that I do not live in an era or place where houses burn down like that with any frequency. I don’t mean to sound overly dramatic, but the house thoroughly consumed by flame has an apocalyptic look to it. Indefinitely SuspendedOn my third time back to this breathtakingly dramatic image, I am left wondering what was the purpose of the pieces of wood hanging from the roof of next cabin? [Those are metal gutters for filling the cisterns below. - Dave] (The Gallery, Fires, Floods etc., Florida, M.P. Wolcott)
The Good Earth: 1940
... County, North Carolina." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Farrington's come a long ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/01/2019 - 12:34am -

May 1940. "Negro tobacco planter's family. The three children in the background are those of a neighbor. Near Farrington, Chatham County, North Carolina." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Farrington's come a long wayFarrington, just south of Chapel Hill, is home to one of the most exclusive planned communities in North Carolina, with a five-star restaurant, inn, and upscale shops. I wonder if these folks are standing in the very fields that today are the home to Farrington's Belted Galloway cows. Not that long agoNothing like Big Tobacco using child labor to push cancer sticks and make 'em cheap as possible! (The Gallery, Agriculture, Jack Delano, Kids, Rural America)
Mex-Tex: 1939
... Texas." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. It's A Dog's Life ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/08/2018 - 1:49pm -

February 1939. "Housing. Mexican district in Robstown, Texas." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. It's A Dog's LifeEspecially when you have something to do like this one. He/She (not quite sure here) is totally oblivious and continues with routine regardless. The humans however, are well aware of the photographic situation. "Tiny House"Used to mean something entirely different before the Millennials came along! (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Kids, Russell Lee)
Valley Girl: 1936
... Medium format negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Lady of the flies. I thought it was ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/25/2018 - 1:28pm -

November 1936. "Children and home of cotton workers at migratory camp in southern San Joaquin Valley, California." Medium format negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Lady of the flies.I thought it was nice that she had stockings with a design on them. Once I enlarged the photo, she and the surroundings are covered with flies. (The Gallery, Camping, Dorothea Lange, Great Depression)
Four Kids on a Truck: 1942
January 1942. "Workers' children at Farm Security Administration labor camp in Robstown, Texas." Kodachrome by Arthur Rothstein. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/07/2011 - 4:22pm -

January 1942. "Workers' children at Farm Security Administration labor camp in Robstown, Texas." Kodachrome by Arthur Rothstein. View full size. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Kids)
Industrial Crossing: 1937
... Maryland." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration. View full size. A ration of Phillips Since ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/30/2017 - 6:49pm -

        "40 cents no less." June 1937. "Packing company strike. Cambridge, Maryland." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration. View full size. A ration of PhillipsSince Delmarva farms grew tremendous amount of varied vegetables, Phillips Packing was a huge supplier of WWII rations for the troops. Now, it's almost all soybeans and corn, which we turn into chickens via Perdue and others. The packing house complex sprawled over a wide area of Cambridge. There are current plans to revitalize the remaining building. From Packing House to Bargain CenterThe Phillips Packing warehouse survives as Artwell's Home Furnishings and Bargain Center, 1 Washington Street. Faint lettering above "Phillips" over the warehouse door is still visible in Google Street View. Railroad track is visible but no longer used and a water tower similar to the one shown here is also visible. Across the street is the footprint of a vary large demolished industrial complex. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Industry & Public Works)
Tin Man: 1941
... in Washington, Pennsylvania." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Good job. You successfully ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/05/2019 - 4:15pm -

January 1941. "Worker at furnace in Washington Tinplate Company in Washington, Pennsylvania." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Good job.You successfully resisted the "Harry Porter and the blah-blah" temptation. Good on ya. Harry PorterI hear he was a real Wizard at his job! (The Gallery, Factories, Jack Delano)
Father Time: 1940
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Flag Pin -- I'm Surprised ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/21/2020 - 4:21pm -

December 1940. "Resident of Nashville, Tennessee." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Flag Pin -- I'm SurprisedI always thought that lapel flag pins first became popular in the late 1960s, most often worn by Nixon supporters. But apparently the "silent majority" didn't invent them. Two fisted writin' manA pen in one vest pocket, a pencil in the other. Very nattily attired, I might add. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Nashville)
Trunk Line: 1938
... Medium format nitrate negative by Paul Vanderbilt for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Baltimore & Ohio? That ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/30/2017 - 11:11am -

Spring 1938. "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Reading Railroad tracks with an abandoned brewery in the background." Medium format nitrate negative by Paul Vanderbilt for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Baltimore & Ohio?That actually looks like a B&O-style color position light signal at left. Not sure if the Reading also used this type of signal. (The Gallery, Philadelphia, Railroads)
Rural Route: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Seed or Tree There's ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/16/2020 - 4:06pm -

March 1941. "Farmhouse in Essex County, Virginia." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Seed or TreeThere's something you don't see every day -- a fully mature cedar tree. Most people use them for landscaping and replace them when they get this big. The cedars of Lebanon? No, the cedar of Essex County, Virginia. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Landscapes, Rural America)
Steeples-n-Stacks: 1940
... Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The clock is winding down ... ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/02/2019 - 8:29pm -

May 1940. "Downtown Louisville, Kentucky; Ohio River in background." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The clock is winding down ... to warChurchill has been named Prime Minister and the Germans have broken the quiet of the "Phoney War" with their invasion of France. Time is running out for peacetime America -- and we are going to need more than baseball bats to win. Cathedral of the Assumption, I assume.The (virtual) view, today: (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, Louisville, M.P. Wolcott)
Municipal Light: 1940
... Colorado." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Lighthouse A few miles from ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/01/2018 - 6:07pm -

September 1940. "Derelict lighting plant in Silverton, Colorado." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. LighthouseA few miles from our home is the village of Boalsburg, Pa. The community has preserved its "Lighthouse," which contained a waterwheel that supplied Direct Current to all the structures in the village. When the Lighthouse operator awoke and activated the wheel, all the lights came on. And when he decided it was time for bed, he shut down the wheel and the town went dark. Some progress has been achieved in this field in the past century-plus. A Town Without Municipal TaxesA Town Without Municipal Taxes The American City, Volume 7, July-December 1912 Silverton, Colorado, a thriving town of nearly 3,000 people, at an altitude of over 9,000 feet, has the distinction of being one of the very few municipalities in the United States where no city tax is levied. The running expenses are paid from the income of the water and light systems, both owned and operated by the municipality, and from various licenses. The town owns its teams, sprinklers and wagons, and has recently completed and entirely paid for a handsome city hall costing $55,000. In this building there is sufficient room for all the city offices, court room, assembly room and fire apparatus. The successful operation of municipally owned public utilities in Silverton extends over a period of nine years. For electric current the rate to very small consumers is 7½ cents net per k.w. hour, and to large consumers a little over 5 cents net. The water rates vary for different classes of users. A one-family residence of four rooms pays $8 per annum, with $1 extra for each additional room; or the consumer may install a meter at his own expense, the rental varying from 45 cents to 10 cents per thousand gallons, with a minimum charge of $20 per year. All water bills are subject to a 15 per cent discount if paid by the 5th day of the month. (The Gallery, Frontier Life, Railroads, Russell Lee, Small Towns)
The Searchers: 1937
... Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. (The Gallery, Dorothea Lange, Great Depression) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/05/2009 - 2:06am -

March 1937. "Unemployed family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, camped on a river bottom near Holtville, California." View full size. Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. (The Gallery, Dorothea Lange, Great Depression)
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