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Industrial Robot: 1938
... Workers of the World." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. St. Helena Highwayman He's ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/01/2018 - 3:53pm -

December 1938. "Napa Valley. More than 25 years a bindlestiff. [Also seen here.] Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms. The type that formed the backbone of the Industrial Workers of the World in California before the war. Subject of Carleton Parker's studies on Industrial Workers of the World." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. St. Helena HighwaymanHe's just leaving Rutherford, northward on today's St. Helena Highway 128. The old train station at Runtherford would be to the left and there is still a road sign with mileage to St' Helena, Calistoga and Lakeport in approximately the same location. (The Gallery, Dorothea Lange, On the Road)
Entre Nous: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. There's a photo to break ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/07/2020 - 1:59pm -

March 1941. "Bedroom. House in Negro slum district. Norfolk, Virginia." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. There's a photo to break your heartThat poor girl. I think if I were sleeping in that bed, I'd stuff some paper in that hole in the wall. Otherwise, I'd never sleep, watching for bugs crawling in and out. Of course she had bigger worries than a few bugs. I hope things got better for her. (The Gallery, John Vachon)
The Class of '41
... format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Florida, M.P. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/21/2019 - 1:40pm -

January 1941. "Sarasota, Florida, trailer park. Students coming from school in the afternoon." The lovely lasses last seen here in a different film format. Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Florida, M.P. Wolcott, Pretty Girls)
Frosted Depot: 1941
... seen here. Medium format negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Quite a change ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/19/2020 - 3:20pm -

January 1941. "Rochester, Pennsylvania. Ohio River town." Continuing the vista last seen here. Medium format negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Quite a change (The Gallery, John Vachon, Railroads)
Peewee Playhouse: 1940
... house at Tropic, Utah." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The baby carriage is an ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/31/2018 - 7:36pm -

November 1940. "Children in yard of old Mormon house at Tropic, Utah." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The baby carriage is an interesting touch.I wonder if that's how the child pushing the swing travels. I hope no one who lived in the house was given to sleepwalking, with that door to nowhere. (The Gallery, Kids, Russell Lee)
Winter Games: 1941
... format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. 'Board in Brooklyn ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/24/2019 - 8:41pm -

January 1941. "Guests at Sarasota, Fla., trailer park playing shuffleboard." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. 'Board in BrooklynAccording to "Samantha Brown's Places to Love," an enterprising couple have opened a massive indoor shuffleboard court in Brooklyn and are having to turn people away. Shuffleboard has become "big" again with the hipsters who have gravitated to Brooklyn and the DUMBO neighborhood. The couple state that it is popular because it is hard to be really bad at shuffleboard, but it's equally hard to be really good at shuffleboard. (The Gallery, Florida, M.P. Wolcott, Sports)
Text Messenger: 1941
... airport." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. That Look Says it all! ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/17/2019 - 10:59pm -

July 1941. "A Western Union girl. Washington, D.C., municipal airport." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. That LookSays it all! (The Gallery, D.C., Jack Delano, Pretty Girls)
The Outlet Store: 1939
... Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The Outlet has seen better ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/14/2019 - 9:32am -

November 1939. "Main street in South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The Outlet has seen better days (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, M.P. Wolcott, Small Towns, Stores & Markets)
Shy Hi: 1938
... 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Kids, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/29/2020 - 2:41pm -

July 1938. "Steelworker's son. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania." 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Kids, Pittsburgh)
The Big Cheese: 1941
... Wisconsin." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Alternative Title Suggestions ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/27/2020 - 2:47pm -

July 1941. "Removing the curd from the whey. Swiss cheese factory in Madison, Wisconsin." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Alternative Title SuggestionsWhey to go! Blessed are the Cheesemakers. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Kitchens etc.)
Nebraska Noir: 1940
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Another Picture from a Hotel ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/29/2019 - 3:15pm -

November 1940. "Lincoln, Nebraska. State capitol in background." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Another Picture from a Hotel WindowIt appears that Mr. Vachon took this picture from a room at the Capital Hotel (still standing, but now a YMCA). Below him is 11th Street. The Barker's shoe store was on O Street. https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6NF_Capital_Hotel_Lincoln_NE (The Gallery, John Vachon)
Hey Kids: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Striped shirts Someone got ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/05/2019 - 9:38am -

August 1941. "Dairy farmer's children on a haystack near Castleton, Vermont." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Striped shirtsSomeone got a bargain on them. Together with the dairy farmer’s son two days ago (www.shorpy.com/node/25162), I count three boys wearing them. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Jack Delano, Kids, Rural America)
A Stalk a Day: 1939
... Medium format acetate negative by David Myers for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Times change And now we eat ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/20/2017 - 4:37pm -

        BOY: Hey! Mister what made you so big and healthy?         MAN: I eat some of  —  Jimmie's celery every day! July 1939. Washington, D.C. "Sign in wholesale market." Medium format acetate negative by David Myers for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Times changeAnd now we eat celery to get smaller. (The Gallery, D.C., David Myers, Kids, Stores & Markets)
Cash Grocery: 1940
... Carolina." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Nice Chevy The fenders and ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/31/2019 - 4:56pm -

May 1940. "Grocery in Stem, Granville County, North Carolina." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Nice ChevyThe fenders and wheels are a bit ragged, but the '32 Chevrolet coupe looks amazingly straight, shiny and still dead stock (headlights, headlight bar, horn) after 8 years. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Jack Delano, Stores & Markets)
County Castle: 1940
... Courthouse." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. +70 Below is the same view ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/20/2019 - 11:07am -

December 1940. "Auburn, California -- Placer County Courthouse." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. +70Below is the same view from February of 2010. (The Gallery, Russell Lee, Small Towns)
Rio Grande: 1940
... Colorado." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The non-survivor The ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/05/2018 - 3:03pm -

September 1940. "Railroad yards. Durango, Colorado." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The non-survivorThe D&RGW’s K-36 class of locos may be one of the best preserved anyplace. Eight of the ten from this order are still operational, either on the Durango & Silverton or the Cumbres & Toltec. A ninth, #483, underwent partial cosmetic restoration and stabilization by the C&TS but is currently parked “out back” at the Chama yard with an uncertain future. 485, though, was the hard-luck kid of the bunch. She crashed into the turntable pit at Salida in 1954 and was too badly damaged to be worth repairing; she was scrapped the next year. (The Gallery, Railroads, Russell Lee)
Dust in the Wind: 1937
... Dakota." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Dust Bowl, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/17/2013 - 7:36pm -

October 1937. "Dust storm near Williston, North Dakota." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Dust Bowl, Russell Lee)
Tuf Nut: 1940
... lucky contestant's overalls. Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Tuf Nut The Mark of Quality ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/17/2018 - 2:20pm -

February 1940. "Playing the game 'Fishing for Love' at a 'play party' in McIntosh County, Oklahoma." Our title is lifted from the lucky contestant's overalls. Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Tuf NutThe Mark of Quality (The Gallery, Rural America, Russell Lee)
Whirlpool: 1939
... a "simmer" setting. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size. Maybe the Maytag wringer's on the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/25/2012 - 12:16pm -

January 1939. "Housewife boiling clothes -- Chicot Farms, Arkansas." Note the primitive nature of this washer -- it doesn't even have a "simmer" setting. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size. Maybe the Maytag wringer's on the fritzMy maternal grandmother had a Maytag wringer, (originally gasoline-engined, but converted to electric). We spent a summer with her when I was six. Once when the Maytag blinked, we washed in her identical pot and wrung by hand. I remember adding "bluing" to the rinse to de-yellow the whites. She was a little more fashionable than this woman. But my paternal grandmother, who lived for some years in Arkansas, was not. I had to look twice to make sure this wasn't her. I can't say definitively not. (The Gallery, Russell Lee)
E Pluribus Unum: 1941
... the radio." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Smoking athletes Ah, the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/01/2018 - 2:39pm -

July 1941. Vale, Oregon. "Baseball players and spectators stand at attention while Chief Justice Stone gives the oath of allegiance over the radio." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Smoking athletesAh, the good old days. (The Gallery, July 4, Patriotic, Russell Lee, Small Towns, Sports)
Delta Thresher: 1940
... Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. What are you looking at? I ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/13/2020 - 4:48pm -

June 1940. "La Delta Project. Driver of combine threshing oats. Thomastown, Louisiana." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. What are you looking at?I love Marion Post Wolcott's work, as well as that of the other FSA photographers. This piece is particularly fine, with its heroic treatment of an ostensibly prosaic subject. John Vachon's stockyard workers on lunch break was another striking example of especially memorable imagery. With its daily presentation of so much exemplary work, I would be more than a little surprised were Shorpy not assigned viewing in certain pedagogic realms. (The Gallery, Agriculture, M.P. Wolcott, Rural America)
Escape From New York: 1938
... Medium format negative by Sheldon Dick for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Iron Bars on those windows Is the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/08/2018 - 8:36pm -

1938. "New York, New York. East 63rd Street apartments." Medium format negative by Sheldon Dick for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Iron Bars on those windowsIs the real purpose to keep the citizens in? Or the denizens out? Remains to be seen. (The Gallery, NYC, Sheldon Dick)
Picnic: 1940
... full size. 35mm negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. (The Gallery, M.P. Wolcott, Sports) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 10:35am -

August 1940 near Bardstown, Kentucky. "Parishioners peeling potatoes for a benefit picnic supper on the grounds of St. Thomas Church." View full size. 35mm negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. (The Gallery, M.P. Wolcott, Sports)
Former Slave: 1941
... Alabama." Nitrate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. A Living Time Capsule ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/12/2018 - 7:42pm -

May 1941. "Mulatto ex-slave in her house near Greensboro, Alabama." Nitrate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. A Living Time CapsuleListening to her stories would be so heart-wrenching yet so remarkable! And she probably had plenty to tell. The lines on her face, though, already tell a story of their very own. Those quilts in the background are fantastic, and I'd bet my eyeteeth that she made every stitch herself! (The Gallery, Jack Delano)
House & Garden: 1939
... Texas." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. "I smell black beans ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/16/2018 - 8:52am -

February 1939. "Bench of potted plants at side of home of Mexican day laborer. Near Santa Maria, Texas." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. "I smell black beans cookin'"Potted plants look like "Epazote" A favorite tea herb of Mexico. A foul and disagreeable yet cherished Ingredient The Decorative UrgeVarious thinkers have posited that there are four basic human drives: food, sleep, sex, and self-preservation. But this image, like so many here that show the faces of poverty, shows that no matter how down-and-out, humans have a basic urge to decorate their surroundings. (The Gallery, Russell Lee)
The Plod Thickens: 1941
... district. Norfolk, Virginia." Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. No progress Nineteen ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/07/2018 - 11:15pm -

March 1941. "Backed up storm sewer in Negro slum district. Norfolk, Virginia." Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. No progressNineteen forty-one. Looks like as though it was 50-100 years before that. Amazing. (The Gallery, Horses, John Vachon)
Nicholson Hollow: 1935
... size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Rural America) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/14/2008 - 9:32pm -

October 1935. "Baskets made and sold by mountain folk to tourists." Nicholson Hollow in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Rural America)
Meet Mrs. Ash: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The Egg & I Before I ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/05/2020 - 1:50pm -

August 1941. "Mrs. Ash, wife of defense worker. They are living in a tent beside the foundation of their new home which they are building themselves. Outskirts of Detroit, Michigan." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The Egg & IBefore I saw Marjorie Main play the character on screen, this lady approximates my mental image of Ma Kettle. (The Gallery, Detroit Photos, John Vachon)
The Pig and I: 1940
... Casselton, North Dakota." Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Hand-drawn Someone took ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/27/2019 - 6:23pm -

October 1940. "Bringing farmer's butchered pig into co-op cold storage lockers. Casselton, North Dakota." Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Hand-drawnSomeone took lettering in school. (The Gallery, Animals, John Vachon)
A Garden of Mum's: 1942
February 1942. "Weslaco, Texas. Farm Security Administration camp. Garden in front of shelter." Medium format negative by ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/11/2017 - 12:02pm -

February 1942. "Weslaco, Texas. Farm Security Administration camp. Garden in front of shelter." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Arthur Rothstein, Kids)
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