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Waco: 1939
... street, Waco, Texas." 35mm negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Russell Lee) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/05/2008 - 4:21pm -

November 1939. "Negro boys sitting on bench on street, Waco, Texas." 35mm negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Russell Lee)
Ready Player One: 1940
... Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Red is Red and Yellow is ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/06/2019 - 9:18pm -

November 1940. Ansonia, Connecticut. "Taking a temperature reading in the foundry at the Farrell-Birmingham Corporation." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Red is Red and Yellow is Yellow 'Red hot' can be defined by what color red. It doesn't matter if it is a piece of steel, or the end of a cigar. Planck's Law goes into it far greater detail than I would want to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck%27s_law Optical PyrometerToday we have infrared, non-contact temperature sensing devices. Back then you used an optical pyrometer where a calibrated filament glowed at a specified temperature on the rheostat setting. The color was matched visually and then the scale was read off the dial setting. Here is one in use at a wire drawing facility where I worked. (Technology, The Gallery, Industry & Public Works, Jack Delano)
Pee-Wee Playhouse: 1939
... Avenue camp, Oklahoma City." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. "I'm bored, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/22/2018 - 1:14pm -

July 1939. "Shack of family living in May Avenue camp, Oklahoma City." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. "I'm bored, Mom."In case you've ever wondered what the definition of dirt poor was, this is it. Wishing them wellAnother painful reminder of life for some during the Great Depression. Let's hope that one day these children were able to leave this poverty and live a life denied to them in 1939, so they might one day ride in the cars crossing the bridge or live in a home like the one with clean clothes drying on the line on the hill behind their shack. (The Gallery, Kids, OKC, Russell Lee)
Pale Rider: 1942
... Medium format nitrate negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. Amish Food One of my favorite places is south ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/29/2008 - 10:38am -

March 1942. "Mennonite boy. Lancaster, Pennsylvania." View full size. Medium format nitrate negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. Amish FoodOne of my favorite places is south of Akron, beauiful Amish village and shops with all kinds of crafts and food. (The Gallery, John Collier, Kids, Small Towns)
Greenhills Gridders: 1939
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The smaller game For some ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/17/2020 - 1:55pm -

October 1939. "Six-man football played in high school at Greenhills, Ohio." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The smaller gameFor some reason I've always thought six-man (and the ever rarer eight-man) football were peculiar to Texas with all our dinky li’l rural schools and their dinky li’l student bodies. In the Texas county where I grew up, we had two school districts that played six-man, and two which played conventional eleven-man. Washington State 8-ManI don't know about any other state, but there are still eight-man teams in Washington. Last season, Odessa won the Class 1B Central Washington title with a record of 8-0 (13-0 overall) and the state championship, beating Naselle by the close score of 80-26. Pateros took up the tail end of the conference with a record of 0-5 (1-8 overall). Not sure why Pateros only played five league games and most everyone else played 8. Soap Lake was 1-5 so they got shorted in games too. By the way, there's a very entertaining video of the US Army disposing of excess sodium in Soap Lake (the body of water, not the town). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY7mTCMvpEM (The Gallery, John Vachon, Sports)
American Smelting: 1938
... the world. Omaha, Nebraska." Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Gone but not forgotten ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/18/2018 - 11:14am -

November 1938. "Largest smelting furnace in the world. Omaha, Nebraska." Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Gone but not forgottenPlant closed in 1999, and is now a superfund site. http://www.kvnonews.com/2014/05/omaha-stand-15-years-epa-cleanup/ http://omahamagazine.com/articles/tag/american-smelting-and-refining-co/ Model trainsAnother photo of someone's outstanding HO train set. Other modelers say odd things like "You've got a nice water tower." "Nice smoke effect." (The Gallery, Factories, John Vachon, Omaha, Railroads)
The Desperate Hours: 1939
... Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Osh Kosh B' Gosh Get ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/03/2018 - 8:50pm -

July 1939. "Detail of square dance in hills near McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. Sharecropper's home." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Osh Kosh B' GoshGet out your best overalls and cut a rug. Sweat lodgeIn July in Oklahoma the temp is almost always in the triple digits and it seems like it would be stifling to be crammed into a sharecropper's tiny home with only a window slightly open for air and of course no a/c, with everybody dancing madly. I find the African American art on the wall of interest also. [Tell us more about that art. - Dave] (The Gallery, Russell Lee)
In the Cotton: 1935
... Medium format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Agriculture, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/18/2017 - 11:28pm -

June 1935. "Migrant agricultural workers in California. Motherless migrant children. They work in the cotton." Medium format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Dorothea Lange, Great Depression, Kids)
Milwaukee Yards: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Precious memories Vachon ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/22/2020 - 12:44pm -

June 1941. "Railroad yards. Milwaukee, Wisconsin." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Precious memories Vachon is standing on the 27th Street viaduct, looking west. The 35th Street viaduct is in the distance. The tracks under the bridge would become the Hump Yard in about 1949, with 24 classification tracks taking a steady stream of rolling rail cars 24/7. The tracks to the left constituted the Airline Yard. The large building in the upper left corner is the old Johnson Cookie Company, repurposed at least six times or so since Johnson’s demise. Have had a lot of mud on my boots from those yards, as well as from those behind Vachon (West Yard, Adams Yard and Reed Street Yard). Rain, wind, sleet, snow, hot, cold -- I felt like a mailman at times. Almost 40 years of it. Wouldn't trade any of it for ... well, maybe some of it I would. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Milwaukee, Railroads)
Erie Laundry: 1941
... camp. Erie, Pennsylvania." Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. What a beauty Her ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/04/2020 - 11:59am -

June 1941. "Wife of defense worker washing clothes in utility building at FSA trailer camp. Erie, Pennsylvania." Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. What a beautyHer circumstances might not be the best, but her hair and her dress show she cares enough to look her best, even when washing clothes in a trailer camp. Hope she and her husband had a prosperous and happy life. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Kitchens etc.)
A Spoonful of Sugar: 1938
... Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Unsafe Space Obviously, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/26/2018 - 9:17pm -

October 1938. "Ladling cane syrup from boiling vat to concentration vat at a sugar mill near New Iberia, Louisiana." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Unsafe SpaceObviously, safety was not paramount back then. Boiling sugar? Ouch! Sugar syrupDuring high school, worked in a bottling plant (Eclipse Syrup) that used a LOT of sugar syrup. It was in the air, on the floor, in your hair, on your skin. And it wasn't even hot the way the stuff in the picture is. After a few weeks, my workboots had, no lie, a hard candy shell, and bees would swarm around my feet as I walked home. Bet this guy would know that feeling. (The Gallery, Factories, Russell Lee)
Shipshape: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. "Some like it hot" ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/13/2020 - 3:58pm -

March 1941. "Sailor's wife living in trailer camp near Navy yard. Portsmouth, Virginia." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. "Some like it hot"The movie came to my mind instantly. (The Gallery, John Vachon)
My Little Tommy: 1940
... Thomas Festa, Italian FSA client with his horse on his farm two miles out of Newtown, Connecticut." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Agriculture, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/18/2018 - 2:50pm -

October 1940. "Mr. Thomas Festa, Italian FSA client with his horse on his farm two miles out of Newtown, Connecticut." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Horses, Jack Delano)
Pulling Together: 1941
... Oregon." 35mm acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Celebration activities So ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/24/2020 - 11:21am -

July 1941. "Boys' tug of war, Fourth of July celebration. Vale, Oregon." 35mm acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Celebration activitiesSo in one of the activities (greased pig) you try to hold tight but the darn thing squooshes out of your grip, and in the other activity (tug-of-war) you try to hold tight but get a rope burn when the dry grip slips. I think I would still opt for the tug-of-war, since I’ve never forgotten the following lines from Ted Hughes’ “View of a Pig”: Once I ran at a fair in the noise To catch a greased piglet That was faster and nimbler than a cat, Its squeal was the rending of metal. Pigs must have hot blood, they feel like ovens. Their bite is worse than a horse’s— They chop a half-moon clean out. They eat cinders, dead cats. (The Gallery, July 4, Kids, Russell Lee, Small Towns)
Counting Steers: 1940
... reads "R.R. Walston." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. A Whiff of Cowboy Culture ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/28/2018 - 10:26am -

March 1940. "Cowboy asleep in cattle show barn at San Angelo Fat Stock Show. At nearby stock shows the working cowboys bring along their camp beds and sleep in the barns." The tag on our buckaroo's suitcase reads "R.R. Walston." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. A Whiff of Cowboy CultureOne of my favorite Shorpy pastimes is an an olfactory exploration of photos. I don't know why my mind goes there immediately with some photos - I guess they trigger memories, which are tied to the brain's Limbic System, which I've discussed on this platform previously. My list of odors associated with this photo: Stale hay (different from fresh hay - dustier) Graham Crackers Slightly mildewed sleeping bag Horses, and the apples thereof Oats Leather Hair Oil (bet he's a Dapper Dan man) A boy-foot miasma from socks, boots, and sneakers A smouldering campfire outside (or possibly a fire in an oil drum to contain sparks) Addendum: Don't know if s'mores were a "thing" in 1940, but the makings are all there: Graham Crackers: CHECK (whole carton of them) Chocolate Bar: CHECK (wrapper near young Mr. Walston's left shoulder Marshmallows: CHECK (presuming the paper bag to the right of his grip is full of them) Goober Pea There's nothing more to say.That post transformed 50 pages of cultural anthropology to a handful of indelible scents! (The Gallery, Agriculture, Camping, Russell Lee)
Colp: 1939
... Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Bloody Williamson ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/14/2020 - 10:00am -

January 1939. "Post office. Colp, Williamson County, Illinois." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Bloody WilliamsonWilliamson County has a very interesting and violent history. I recommend "Bloody Williamson: A Chapter in American Lawlessness" by Paul M. Angle. Coal miners, scabs, Pinkertons, farmers, bootleggers, and the Klan made for an explosive mixture. 62921Population 225 according to the 2010 census. (Maybe down a bit by now.) This berg covers a total area of 0.13 square miles encompassing 103 households. Post Office digs have improved. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Small Towns)
Step Right Up: 1939
... size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. Traveling Carnival This is what carnies call a ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 11:07am -

Summer 1939. Traveling carnival at Bozeman, Montana. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. Traveling CarnivalThis is what carnies call a "pit show." The attraction (maybe a giant snake, "wild man" geek, or freak animal) is at ground level. Customers pay, climb stairs out of frame to right, pass along the platform to gaze down at the attraction, and can be seen exiting to left. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Small Towns, Sports)
Smooth Sailing: 1939
... Hidalgo County, Texas." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. OCD Anyone? I wonder how ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/28/2018 - 11:56am -

February 1939. "Bathroom of tenant purchase house. Hidalgo County, Texas." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. OCD Anyone?I wonder how many sailboats are in this picture. A cottage for sailThis is a lovely picture and probably the most sailboats you're ever likely to see in Hidalgo County. La Sal del Rey is a salt lake located close to the middle of the county and situated on a bed consisting of rock-crystal salt composed of 99.0897% sodium chloride. As the name suggests, this was a resource claimed by the Spanish Crown while it held Mexico and what we know today as Texas. As the lake is generally around 3 to 4 feet in depth, there is little maritime activity in the immediate environs. (The Gallery, Russell Lee)
Wheat Spouts: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Smokin on the Hold Deck My ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/09/2020 - 11:59am -

August 1941. "Closing up hold of a grain boat. Superior, Wisconsin." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Smokin on the Hold DeckMy understanding is that grain dust can be highly explosive -- guess the guy in the cap is willing to take that chance. From a DeckhandI did this (placed wooden covers on the hatches) exactly 60 years ago this past last week of November in Superior -- perhaps even at the same grain dock. Note the neat lifting handles for hatch cover pieces. Then put those canvas tarps over the hatches, put those battens over the tarp edges and pounded wedges (maybe in the buckets) between battens and wedge holders at the start of a below-freezing trip to Cleveland with storage grain on the final voyage of the SS Price McKinney. She was towed across the Atlantic and broken for scrap in 1961. She might have been the last vessel with wooden hatch covers in entire US Great Lakes fleet in 1959. Tears froze on my face as blown chaff stung it as we battened down on leaving Superior that night. Fortunately, and unusually for that time of year, we had low wind and relatively calm seas on the trip. Chaff was blown mostly by our 10 knots and light breeze. You can see the chaff blowing out of the chutes and clouding the guys standing on deck downwind. Upwind guys were probably the Mate and the boss and helper from the grain dock. (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, John Vachon)
Roof Watchers: 1938
... full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. Library of Congress. Watching People No one on ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 10:46am -

October 1938. "Group of people on roof watching parade at the National Rice Festival. Crowley, Louisiana." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. Library of Congress. Watching PeopleNo one on the roof with a camera (or a cell phone). (The Gallery, Russell Lee, Small Towns)
Nesting Doll: 1941
... the winter." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Russian? Garabedian is ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/09/2020 - 3:04pm -

January 1941. "Ann Garabedian, Russian girl married to Armenian vegetable gardener in Andover, Massachusetts. Her husband works as a truck driver in Lawrence in the winter." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Russian?Garabedian is Armenian family name, not Russian. The USSR was a big country with many nations. The Russians were one of them, but not the only one. [It's Mr. Garabedian who's Armenian. Just like it says in the caption! - Dave] (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Kitchens etc.)
Poles Apart: 1937
... Virginia." Medium format negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Old-School Linemen I ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/19/2018 - 3:13pm -

July 1937. "Electrical and telephone wires. Rosslyn, Virginia." Medium format negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Old-School LinemenI remember as a kid, watching a lineman arrive alone in a truck and then climb the pole using only spiked boots and a big leather strap. He would hang off the side of the pole, working within inches of live wires, using tools from a huge tool belt. Today you only see cherry picker trucks and several people on the ground as a support crew. I guess this is safer, but not nearly as much fun to watch. RosslynMeaning downtown Arlington. (The Gallery, D.C., John Vachon)
Perfection Kerosene: 1939
... Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Goodman Wonder Shows ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/26/2019 - 12:52pm -

January 1939. "Abandoned store in which coal miner on relief lives. Zeigler, Illinois." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Goodman Wonder ShowsGoodman Wonder Shows of America, owned by Max Goodman. It was a 35-railcar show based in Little Rock, Arkansas. Goodman sold the show in 1949. It was converted to truck transport, its base moved to Illinois and the name was changed to Imperial Expositions. Quite a few pictures here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/19558688@N02/albums/72157633104508236/ (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Mining, Stores & Markets)
Sarasota Cyclists: 1941
... format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Pontiac? That's my best ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/19/2019 - 6:56pm -

January 1941. "The cycle club of a Sarasota, Fla., trailer park." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Pontiac?That's my best guess, but I hope someone with more expertise will identify the nifty car pulling the trailer. [1938 Oldsmobile Eight. - Dave] (The Gallery, Bicycles, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Florida, M.P. Wolcott)
Flight Command: 1941
... Illinois." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Famous theater built in 1928. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/20/2018 - 11:30am -

April 1941. "Movie theater. Southside, Chicago, Illinois." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Famous theater built in 1928.It looked the same twenty years later when I took this photo. Lil Armstrong was with me—her former husband, Louis had played the Regal often, as did a virtual who's who of black performers. It was here, they say, that Aretha was crowned the Queen of Soul. Blues LandmarkMovies were OK in 1941, but 23 years later B. B. King recorded one of the greatest live albums here. (The Gallery, Chicago, Movies, Russell Lee)
Check Coolant: 1939
... Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The Rest of the Story 50 ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/22/2018 - 1:23pm -

July 1939. "En route to California. Pouring water into radiator of migrants' car in the streets of Muskogee, Oklahoma, where the Elmer Thomas family has stopped to say goodbye to their friends in that town." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The Rest of the Story50 Years Later, Family Writes Epilogue To 'The Grapes Of Wrath' Moving Out of TownIn the summer of 1963, just before my seventh birthday, we had fallen on hard times and had to move away from the town where I was born. I remember being all excited about the move. About two days after we moved into our next home, I told my parents that I was done and ready to go back to the old house. Somehow, I didn't get that this wasn't just a vacation -- that the change was permanent. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, On the Road, Russell Lee)
South Side Cartman: 1941
... Side of Chicago." 35mm negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Chicago, Russell ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 7:11pm -

April 1941. "Man-drawn carts are common on South Side of Chicago." 35mm negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Chicago, Russell Lee)
Play Party: 1940
February 1940. "Farm boys tying up their horses at a 'play party' in McIntosh County, ... Billy's new mustang? Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Horses, Rural America, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/20/2018 - 11:47am -

February 1940. "Farm boys tying up their horses at a 'play party' in McIntosh County, Oklahoma." Nice ride, Joe, but have you seen Billy's new mustang? Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Horses, Rural America, Russell Lee)
Tall Grain: 1939
... County, Montana." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Ships of the prairie I ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/05/2018 - 11:13am -

May 1939; "Grain elevators. Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Ships of the prairieI drove from Denver to Dodge City last summer. I had never been in Kansas before and was amazed at the number of grain elevators that would appear on the horizon every few miles, looking like sailing ships on the flat sea of prairie. Still going strong 80 years later (The Gallery, Agriculture, Arthur Rothstein, Railroads)
OK City: 1939
... in Oklahoma City." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Kids, OKC, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/04/2018 - 11:33am -

July 1939. "Woman with children at streetcar terminal in Oklahoma City." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Kids, OKC, Russell Lee)
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