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Family Pharm: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Still looking good at 143 ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/11/2020 - 5:24pm -

August 1941. "Drug store. Carpentersville, Illinois." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Still looking good at 143 (The Gallery, John Vachon, Small Towns, Stores & Markets)
Livor-Kaps: 1939
... format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Takes the place of calomel ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/13/2020 - 12:41pm -

November 1939. "On the main street of Wendell, North Carolina." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Takes the place of calomelAnd what is calomel? Mercurous chloride, used to treat malaria, yellow fever and dysentery and, in a preparation called worm chocolate or worm candy, gastrointestinal parasites. People who were given large doses for long periods suffered from excessive salivation, gum inflammation, loosening of the teeth, gastrointestinal upset, and an ashen appearance, as well as troubling neurologic symptoms, such as arm and facial tremors, ataxia (an inability to coordinate voluntary muscular movements symptomatic of a central nervous system disorder), and erethism (unusual timidity and personality change). Mercury as medicine! (The Gallery, M.P. Wolcott, Medicine, Small Towns, Stores & Markets)
MILW: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. By Any Other Name MILW is ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/11/2020 - 8:22pm -

June 1941. "Railroad yards. Milwaukee, Wisconsin." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. By Any Other NameMILW is the reporting mark of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad as can be seen on some of the boxcars in the foreground. It was also known as the Route of the Hiawathas, used to name a number of its high speed passenger trains as seen on a boxcar in the background. It was the last of the transcontinental railroads to go into service and was famed for its two sections of electrified trackage in Montana, Idaho and Washington. It all came to an end with its third bankruptcy in 1977. Sections of the railroad still remain in use by Canadian Pacific and others. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Milwaukee, Railroads)
Dog Daze: 1941
... Michigan." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The rich side of camp When ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/20/2020 - 10:56am -

August 1941. "Edgewater Park trailer camp near the Ford bomber plant. Ypsilanti, Michigan." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The rich side of campWhen I was a kid in the early '50s and we lived in a three-bedroom, asbestos-shingled house, the kind my mom called a "cracker box." A few miles away were brick homes, also three-bedroom but with carports and picture windows. These today are very modest homes, but back then we thought of the people who lived there as "rich folks." I wonder if this kid felt the same way comparing canvas tents with the comparable luxury of trailers in this camp. (The Gallery, Dogs, John Vachon, Kids)
Weslaco: 1942
February 1942. Third-graders in the Farm Security Administration elementary school at Weslaco, Texas. View full size. Photo ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 10:26am -

February 1942. Third-graders in the Farm Security Administration elementary school at Weslaco, Texas. View full size. Photo by Arthur Rothstein. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Education, Schools, Kids)
Sunday Callers: 1941
... full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. Poor guy Poor guy on the front porch looks to ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/20/2008 - 3:28am -

July 1941. Sunday afternoon visitors in Vincennes, Indiana. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. Poor guyPoor guy on the front porch looks to have been enjoying a quiet read! Let's hope it was after Memorial Day and before Labor Day because those shoes couldn't be any whiter! (The Gallery, John Vachon, Small Towns)
Fiber to Fabric: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. I think this is it. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/28/2019 - 3:47pm -

January 1941. "A large textile mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. I think this is it. There are quite a few buildings in the town that look similar, but this one matches. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Factories, Jack Delano)
Corporate Canyon: 1941
... Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Saks Fifth Avenue et al. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/16/2020 - 1:40pm -

October 1941. "Skyline of Midtown Manhattan from Radio City (Rockefeller Center)." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Saks Fifth Avenue et al.This view looks east-southeast across Fifth Avenue to the flagship department store of Saks Fifth Avenue, designed by Starrett and Van Vleck and completed in 1924. Beyond it is the mostly blank west facade of 444 Madison Avenue, a work of Kohn, Vitola & Knight (1931). Formerly known as the Newsweek Building, this 42-story skyscraper is now blocked from view by the Swiss Bank Tower. 444 Madison has featured three illuminated "Burberry" signs at the top since 2009, so its swankiness is still intact. Although we cannot see it, St. Patrick's Cathedral lies hidden directly behind the tall building at the far left. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, NYC)
Medicine Man: 1939
... Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Community leader In 2012, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/15/2020 - 12:34am -

January 1939. "Dr. Springs with Indian relics. Colp, Illinois." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Community leaderIn 2012, when Dr. Springs' grave in nearby Carterville was rededicated, an article in the Southern Illinoisan explained: "Dr. Andrew W. Springs was born in 1869 and died in 1944. In addition to delivering babies and treating patients, he taught the community about hygiene, maintained his museum of Indian and other artifacts, even ran for statewide office twice in the Republican primary, in 1918 and 1924, losing by just one vote in 1918. In the height of the Great Depression, Dr. Springs invited First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to tour the No. 9 mine. She also attended a community choir performance in Colp and later sent the choir formal robes and a director to train and travel with them." There is now an "Andrew Springs Drive" in Colp. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Medicine, Native Americans)
Texas Turkeys: 1939
... Texas." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Just wondering Did they ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/18/2018 - 8:45pm -

November 1939. "Selected turkeys on the racks awaiting shipment. Cooperative poultry house in Brownwood, Texas." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Just wonderingDid they cover their heads before killing 'em or after? Another Depression dead turkey yarnIn the 1930s my grandfather was a county agent and professor of agriculture at Mississippi State. A lot of his job involved keeping the hard-pressed local farms solvent through very bad times. His research efforts convinced him that local farmers could make a bit of cash on the side by raising a few turkeys and shipping them north for the holidays (holidays for the Yankees, not the turkeys). A bunch of farmers quickly formed a sort of cooperative and started raising the birds, and toward the end of the year they hired a whole boxcar and sent them off to Chicago. The boxcar was shunted off to a siding somewhere along the way, the turkeys all froze to death, and they were then discarded. Utter disaster. The next year a new platoon of turkeys was ready and the co-op placed a potbellied stove and a determined farmer in the boxcar to supervise things. At last, the scheme was successful. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Russell Lee, Thanksgiving)
Omaha: 1938
... Omaha, Nebraska." 35mm negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Lingering These men do look ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/02/2017 - 9:23am -

November 1938. "Watching the Armistice Day parade. Omaha, Nebraska." 35mm negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. LingeringThese men do look like they are in the market for some hosiery and lingerie. Love the guy looking at the camera. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Omaha)
First Avenue Kids: 1938
... Avenue." Medium format negative by Sheldon Dick for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Timeless, smiling kids - ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/10/2018 - 10:24pm -

1938. "New York, New York. Children on First Avenue." Medium format negative by Sheldon Dick for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Timeless, smiling kids- this almost looks like it could have been taken yesterday! (The Gallery, Kids, NYC, Sheldon Dick)
Across the Plains: 1941
... Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Love these train photographs. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/12/2019 - 8:49pm -

August 1941. "Freight train going west from Minot, North Dakota, across the plains." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Love these train photographs. The Romance of the rails. Dave if you could incorporate the "train whistle" just one time it would make the whole photo complete. (The Gallery, Landscapes, M.P. Wolcott, Railroads)
Your Move: 1939
... 35mm nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Perfect Norman Rockwell ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/08/2018 - 12:57pm -

June 1939. "Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia. Playing checkers outside a service station on a Saturday afternoon." 35mm nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Perfect Norman Rockwell moment! (The Gallery, Gas Stations, M.P. Wolcott, Stores & Markets)
Laredo: 1941
August 1941. Laredo, Montana. "Farm Security Administration borrower and 2 of his children." View full size. Medium ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/25/2012 - 6:56pm -

August 1941. Laredo, Montana. "Farm Security Administration borrower and 2 of his children." View full size. Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Kids, M.P. Wolcott, Rural America)
Jackknife Saloon: 1939
... Medium format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Man of the house Dang ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/18/2018 - 9:43am -

October 1939. Gem County, Idaho. "Member of Ola self help sawmill co-op lives in what was once the 'Jackknife Saloon.' This type building is characteristic of early Idaho. The stagecoach used to stop here to change horses and for the refreshment of travelers. This was discontinued in 1914." Medium format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Man of the houseDang photographer caught me in my house dress. (The Gallery, Dorothea Lange, Frontier Life)
International Harvester: 1943
... Arkansas Valley, Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota by the Farm Security Administration to harvest sugar beets under contract with the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/14/2008 - 5:04pm -

May 1943. "Mexican worker recruited and brought to the Arkansas Valley, Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota by the Farm Security Administration to harvest sugar beets under contract with the Inter-mountain Agricultural Improvement Association." View full size. Office of War Information. (The Gallery, Agriculture)
School Days: 1939
... full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. (The Gallery, Education, Schools, John Vachon, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/11/2007 - 9:42pm -

September 1939. "Rural schoolroom in Wisconsin." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. (The Gallery, Education, Schools, John Vachon, Kids, Rural America)
Bisbee From Above: 1940
... 5,300 feet." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. You Are Here You can still ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/09/2018 - 12:55pm -

May 1940. "Looking down on the rooftops of Bisbee, Arizona. Copper mining center in the Mule Mountains, elevation 5,300 feet." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. You Are HereYou can still pick out some landmarks from near the same vantage point. But the schoolyard view is obscured by vegetation. Due to tourism and artists/writers, Bisbee has fared better than many a former mining boom town. (The Gallery, Mining, Railroads, Russell Lee, Small Towns)
Full of Beans: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. My back hurts just looking ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/19/2020 - 1:35pm -

August 1941. "Boy emptying beans into sack. Shawano County, Wisconsin." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. My back hurts just lookingMy sympathy for the boy. I spent a summer picking beans for a local truck farmer. That was also the summer I decided a desk job was for me! (The Gallery, Agriculture, John Vachon, Kids)
Hollywood and Vine (Colorized): 1939
... version of 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. September, 1939. View full size. ALWAYS GOOD ... 
 
Posted by Dennis Klassen - 05/30/2011 - 8:12am -

Cadott, Wisconsin. "The week's bill." Colorized version of 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. September, 1939. View full size. ALWAYS GOODI like how your colors are understated. Whenever I place something on this site, it comes out too brilliant. If you did this on Photoshop, how many layers did you end up having? (lol)Lamyflute1@Msn.com (Colorized Photos)
Gravy Train: 1941
... 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Milk Goes Good With Gravy ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/28/2018 - 5:03pm -

July 1941. "Flour mill in Caldwell, Idaho." 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Milk Goes Good With GravyThe old Caldwell flour mill is long gone, but in this modern view would have been off-camera right of the handsome brick offices of the still extant Darigold Dairy Building, seen in the rear of the historical photo--flagpole still standing proudly yet somehow flag-free in both pictures (The Gallery, Kodachromes, Railroads, Russell Lee)
Cannery Rows: 1941
... clients." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. From a big garden I count ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/19/2019 - 1:40pm -

October 1941. "Penfield, Greene County, Georgia. Canned goods made by Doc and Julia Miller, Negro FSA clients." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. From a big gardenI count at least 720 jars, split between quarts and half-gallons. That's an average of 48 ounces per jar, or 34,560 ounces. Divided by 16 you get 2,160 pounds of food. It takes a lot of work to grow and harvest a ton of food by hand. Lots of workI do a fair amount of canning, and that is an impressive bit of work there. They must have a very large family or they are canning for neighbors as well. At that time, if you didn't have a pressure canner, it was considered safe enough to use a "hot water bath" to can vegetables. Jars of non-acid vegetables would need to be placed into a boiling water pot and boiled for up to an hour and a half to kill all the botulism spores that otherwise grow on sealed veggies. My dad's older cousin mentioned once about his mom canning in August, boiling the jars in a double boiler on the range, with the steam all but peeling the wallpaper off the walls. And you couldn't open a window or a door to get a breeze because it was thought that the cooler air would cause the jars to break after canning. Prior to the general use of pressure canners to process non acid vegetables (like green beans) there were the occasional tragedies of entire families dying from botulism poisoning. Around here, green beans were considered especially risky. So, buy a pressure canner if you want to can corn or beans or okra, or anything like that! (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Rural America)
Elko County: 1940
... Elko County, Nevada." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Three railroads In this ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/30/2018 - 9:58am -

March 1940. "Southern Pacific track approaching Wells, Elko County, Nevada." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Three railroadsIn this shot looking northwest from the US 93 overpass, the tracks below belong to Southern Pacific. In the far background at left, the Western Pacific tracks go under US 40. And the through truss bridge in the distance is the Union Pacific's branch down from Twin Falls, Idaho, now long gone. Union Pacific now operates the former SP and WP lines, having absorbed them in the 1990s. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Landscapes, Railroads)
Yes We Can Can: 1939
... Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. And the corn is next Looks ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/03/2019 - 1:34pm -

June 1939. Summerton, South Carolina. "FSA home supervisor assisting wife and daughter of Frederick Oliver, tenant purchase client, in canning with new pressure cooker." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. And the corn is nextLooks like lima beans and maybe peaches are being put up here. And looking out that screen, corn will not be far behind. (The Gallery, Kitchens etc., M.P. Wolcott, Rural America)
School Janitor: 1942
February 1942. Janitor at the Farm Security Administration elementary school in Weslaco, Texas. 35mm nitrate negative by ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/22/2007 - 11:38pm -

February 1942. Janitor at the Farm Security Administration elementary school in Weslaco, Texas. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Education, Schools)
Heartland: 1940
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Pre-War Crop Circles Leave ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/01/2020 - 3:39pm -

October 1940. "Surrey, Ward County, North Dakota." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Pre-War Crop Circles Leave much to be desired. (The Gallery, Agriculture, John Vachon, Landscapes, Rural America)
Below Docks: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. That's ODD In other ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/09/2020 - 10:06pm -

August 1941. "Underneath the ore docks. Allouez, Wisconsin." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. That's ODDIn other words, ore dock decking. (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, John Vachon, Mining)
Back-Assward: 1940
... rodeo. Quemado, New Mexico." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. I Spotted It Right Away The ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/20/2018 - 8:34pm -

June 1940. "Clown rider with his trick mule at rodeo. Quemado, New Mexico." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. I Spotted It Right AwayThe markings on his mule. I think it wants to be the CHAIRMULE (The Gallery, Bizarre, Horses, Russell Lee)
Milk Tot: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The eyes have it She may ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/30/2020 - 7:43pm -

August 1941. "Child drinking milk. Duluth, Minnesota." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The eyes have itShe may only be drinking milk, but my oh my! What beautiful eyes! (The Gallery, Duluth, John Vachon, Kids)
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