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Dodgeball: 1943
... the National Housing Agency) for Glenn L. Martin aircraft workers. Play period for children attending Bible class." Medium format ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/07/2016 - 12:15pm -

August 1943. "Middle River, a small crossroads in the vicinity of Baltimore, Maryland. Farm Security Administration housing project (later administered by the National Housing Agency) for Glenn L. Martin aircraft workers. Play period for children attending Bible class." Medium format negative by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size. Stout Expansible TrailerPatent applied for in 1936 by William Stout, but not manufactured until wartime housing problems created the necessity. Due to material rationing, they had substandard wiring and plumbing. Reportedly some were still in use into the 1970s. (The Gallery, Baltimore, John Collier, Kids)
Será la Victoria: 1943
May 1943. "Mexican workers recruited and brought to the Arkansas valley, Colorado, Nebraska and ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/11/2008 - 12:51am -

May 1943. "Mexican workers 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. MexisotaI always wondered why there were so many Mexicans in Minnesota. I laughed the time I saw one particular immigrant worker in a lawn service crew wearing insulated coveralls on a 70° June day. La Victoria"Victory will belong to the democracies." (The Gallery, Railroads)
Glass Menagerie: 1909
... November 15, 1909. Bridgeton, New Jersey. "A few of the workers on night shift at Cumberland Glass Works. One boy is 13 years old." A ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/18/2012 - 9:58am -

November 15, 1909. Bridgeton, New Jersey. "A few of the workers on night shift at Cumberland Glass Works. One boy is 13 years old." A livelier than usual crowd as far as facial expressions go. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size. Fascinating pictureThe cool dude with the cocked cap and the young man with a pipe and artful smile make this picture charming. Why, I wonder, are three in the first row standing with one leg in front of the other? (The Gallery, Factories, Lewis Hine)
Sampson, Chico and Slew: 1944
... a St. Patrick's Day dance sponsored by the United Federal Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organizations. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 2:30pm -

March 1944. Washington labor canteen. Band for a St. Patrick's Day dance sponsored by the United Federal Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organizations. View full size. Medium format safety negative by Joseph Horne. ERTCThe band is from the Army's Engineering Replacement Training Center at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. I would assume that Group 2 refers either to the second class being process by the center or a particular section within the training center. By the way the guys are drinking Royal Crown Cola. Now what they might have slipped into it is anyone's guess. [Also, the lion and Latin motto "Fare Fac" are from the Fairfax County crest. - Dave] (The Gallery, D.C., Joseph Horne, Music, WW2)
Agua Fria: 1940
May 1940. "Young migratory agricultural workers singing at the Saturday night dance. Agua Fria migratory labor camp, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 6:51pm -

May 1940. "Young migratory agricultural workers singing at the Saturday night dance. Agua Fria migratory labor camp, Arizona." View full size. Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. ThanksThanks for posting these pictures on your blog. My son is always asking me what things were like in "the old back days." Now I can show him. Plan on returning. (The Gallery, Music, Rural America, Russell Lee)
Good as New: 1939
... for attention of the resident nurse of the Agricultural Workers' Health and Medical Association." 4x5 nitrate negative by Dorothea ... 
 
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)
American Pickers: 1937
January 1937. "Migrant agricultural workers. Family from New Mexico, camped near the packinghouse at Deerfield, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/12/2014 - 1:58pm -

January 1937. "Migrant agricultural workers. Family from New Mexico, camped near the packinghouse at Deerfield, Florida. Note the box labeled 'Yakima Apples' which has been carried all the way from the apple orchards of Washington." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size. ReflectionLove the photos with the photographer's reflection in the photo. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Florida, Great Depression)
Waterfront Lots: 1937
March 1937. "Ditch bank housing for Mexican field workers. Imperial Valley, California." Washtub and ashcans under the eucalyptus ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/15/2013 - 11:12am -

March 1937. "Ditch bank housing for Mexican field workers. Imperial Valley, California." Washtub and ashcans under the eucalyptus allée. Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Administration. View full size. Treacherous Irrigation CanalsThe irrigation canals in the Imperial Valley are notorious for drownings. Many an automobile has strayed off the road and gone into a canal doing a half flip, submerging the passenger compartment of the car. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Dorothea Lange)
Boy, Fourteen: 1936
... 1936. "Portraits of destitute migrant agricultural workers and their children. Boy, fourteen, in eighth grade. Now unable to ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/25/2018 - 6:27pm -

November 1936. "Portraits of destitute migrant agricultural workers and their children. Boy, fourteen, in eighth grade. Now unable to attend because of insufficient food and clothing. Subsisted two days on frozen tomatoes from field nearby. Father says, 'They call me a road hog and a bum, but if I am, how did that boy get into the eighth grade?' American River camp, near Sacramento." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Administration. View full size. The Grapes of WrathI just watched the movie. These people lived it. God Bless Them. (The Gallery, Dorothea Lange, Great Depression, Kids)
Camden: 1938
October 1938. Factory workers' homes in Camden, New Jersey. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative ... 
 
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)
Workforce: 1913
December 1913. "The whole force of workers in the cotton mills of Stevenson, Ala. Several of them are apparently ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/21/2012 - 8:42am -

December 1913. "The whole force of workers in the cotton mills of Stevenson, Ala. Several of them are apparently under twelve, but could not get the ages. Photo posed by the general manager." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size. (The Gallery, Kids, Lewis Hine)
The Breakers: 1901
... This photograph had to be taken before June 9, 1903. While workers were enlarging the building for the fourth time in less than a decade, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/28/2014 - 2:46pm -

Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1901. "The Breakers from the casino." Note the horsecar and boardwalk with cutouts for the palm trees. Another of Henry Flagler's wood-frame behemoths, the Breakers burned in 1903 and reopened the following year, then burned yet again in 1925. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size. Circa 1905 This photograph had to be taken before June 9, 1903. While workers were enlarging the building for the fourth time in less than a decade, this structure burned down. Eight months later (February 1, 1904) the second Breakers opened. [Yes, you are right! - Dave] (The Gallery, DPC, Florida, Streetcars, W.H. Jackson)
Behind the Scenes: 1935
... all typical of the rural sharecroppers, or even sweatshop workers, we've seen in other Resettlement Administration photos. Yes, he ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/29/2017 - 1:32am -

November 1935. "Backyard in Northwest Washington, D.C." Medium format negative by Carl Mydans for the Resettlement Administration. View full size. Still hopefulAlthough this man's living conditions look grim to us, he has a hopeful expression on his face. Let's hope he achieved his dreams. Is that an outhouse to the left of the photo? Alongside what looks like a chamberpot and a washboard? It looks like the living conditions of some of the urban poor weren't much better than those of the rural sharecroppers the Resettlement Administration photographed. Respectable-LookingI agree with Marysd. This man isn't in the underclass, he's what we'd today call "working poor". Note he has clothes that are in good condition, and he's wearing shoes -- not at all typical of the rural sharecroppers, or even sweatshop workers, we've seen in other Resettlement Administration photos. Yes, he hasn't tidied up his backyard, but maybe that's because, unlike so many people in 1935, he has a job and doesn't have time. I tried to identify as many objects in the photo as I could. I am sure about the towel hanging on the clothesline, essentially like a modern towel, the washboard, and the mop that could be a sponge mop or something similar. There's a T-square in the foreground; could he be a draftsman? It never occurred to me the lean-to on the left might be a privy as Marysd suggests. Usually, US outhouses had a crescent-moon shaped window high in the wall. This looks more like a storage shed but you never know. He has a good-looking dog, maybe mostly German shepherd, peacefully curled up on the ground. Let's hope he's a good master. (The Gallery, Carl Mydans, D.C., Dogs)
Deck the Hall: 1943
... Eve party given by Local 203 of the United Federal Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)." Photo by ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/06/2017 - 11:36am -

December 1943. Washington, D.C. "Decorating the tree at a Christmas Eve party given by Local 203 of the United Federal Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)." Photo by Joseph A. Horne. View full size. CaptivatingA beautiful face is timeless. Pretty girlOkay, I'll say it: how lovely is she! Hair, skin, nails, watch - the whole package. (The Gallery, Christmas, D.C., Joseph Horne)
Telephone Linemen Posing
... Working People This whole series of telephone workers should be given its own category, "How America Worked." Wonderful ... 
 
Posted by robertinaz - 12/02/2010 - 9:51am -

Telephone linemen pose on a crossarms. Location and date unknown. View full size. Working PeopleThis whole series of telephone workers should be given its own category, "How America Worked." Wonderful pictures. I am surprised no one has commented on them. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Valley Girl: 1936
November 1936. "Children and home of cotton workers at migratory camp in southern San Joaquin Valley, California." Medium ... 
 
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, ... 
 
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)
Chez Cerises: 1940
... cabin occupied by migrant fruit pickers and packinghouse workers. Rent one dollar and seventy-five cents a week. The father picks ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/10/2019 - 9:14pm -

July 1940. "Interior of one-room cabin occupied by migrant fruit pickers and packinghouse workers. Rent one dollar and seventy-five cents a week. The father picks cherries, mother works in a packing plant. Berrien County, Michigan." Photo by John Vachon. View full size. The Law of AveragesCalendar pages for July and May, so it must be June. (The Gallery, Agriculture, John Vachon, Kids, Kitchens etc.)
Sister Act: 1943
... per hour. They reside in Jeanette and carpool with fellow workers." Photo by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/25/2014 - 7:44pm -

May 1943. Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. "Twins Amy and Mary Rose Lindich, 21, employed at the Pennsylvania Railroad as car repairmen helpers, earning 72 cents per hour. They reside in Jeanette and carpool with fellow workers." Photo by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size. Eye protectionThey must normally have worn goggles during their work, you can see the faint outline around their eyes. Sister Act: 1943Amy Lindich Davis died on October 8, 1989; Mary Lindich Rechichar died on November 24, 1993. (The Gallery, Marjory Collins, Railroads)
In the Cotton: 1935
June 1935. "Migrant agricultural workers in California. Motherless migrant children. They work in the cotton." ... 
 
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)
Bottle Break: 1909
... New Jersey. "Woodbury Bottle Works. Noon hour. All are workers." View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. (The ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/13/2013 - 4:32pm -

November 1909. Woodbury, New Jersey. "Woodbury Bottle Works. Noon hour. All are workers." View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. (The Gallery, Bicycles, Kids, Lewis Hine)
Working on the Railroad: 1899
... in the east-central Upper Peninsula. Names of the other workers are unknown. Fred was the eldest child of Gottlieb and Caroline ... 
 
Posted by Kyle Bagnall - 08/31/2010 - 10:28am -

This image shows Frederick W. Reiman (center) as leader of a railroad Section Gang in 1899. The men are working somewhere on the line near Manistique, Michigan, in the east-central Upper Peninsula. Names of the other workers are unknown. Fred was the eldest child of Gottlieb and Caroline (Pfeiffer) Reiman. He was born in Detroit, Michigan on Dec. 11, 1873. In the 1900 census, he is listed as a railroad laborer living in Manistique. He would continue to work on the railroad for the rest of his career, moving up to Section Foreman and Road Master. He and his wife Mary lived in Manistique the rest of their lives. The handcar being used in this photo was manufactured in Three Rivers, Michigan. Though a portion of the company name is obscured, it was likely produced by Fairbanks, Morse & Co. which had purchased a controlling interest in the Sheffield Velocipede Car Company in 1888. George Sheffield began producing railroad handcars in Three Rivers in 1879 and they were used around the world for many years. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Railroads)
Coal Miner's Daughter: 1936
... 1936. "Home of Tennessee family of seven, now migratory workers living in camp outside of Sacramento, California. Father was coal miner ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/22/2013 - 11:27am -

November 1936. "Home of Tennessee family of seven, now migratory workers living in camp outside of Sacramento, California. Father was coal miner in Tennessee but when the mines were not working received two days a week relief work. 'Thought we could make it better out here'." The coal miner's daughter, previously seen here. Photo by Dorothea Lange. View full size. (The Gallery, Camping, Dorothea Lange, Great Depression)
The Boys of Bridgeton: 1909
Workers at the More-Jones Glass Co. in Bridgeton, N.J. Small boy in the middle ... 
 
Posted by Ken - 07/24/2012 - 7:00pm -

Workers at the More-Jones Glass Co. in Bridgeton, N.J. Small boy in the middle is Harry Simpkins. The photograph is by Lewis Wickes Hine, who described the work conditions as, "dirty, noisome." November 1909. View full size. (The Gallery, Kids, Lewis Hine)
Fight Camp: 1941
June 1941. "Transient workers. Boxing platform at FSA migratory farm labor camp mobile unit. Athena, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/18/2018 - 7:29pm -

June 1941. "Transient workers. Boxing platform at FSA migratory farm labor camp mobile unit. Athena, Oregon." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. GraffitiWere the kids of the era tagging the timbers of the ring? The lines don't look natural. And I thought tagging was a modern problem. [The scribbles here seem to be in crayon. - Dave] Crayons or spray paint it's still considered "tagging". TaggingThe only tagging going on here is in the ring. As far as crayons or spray paint being used, it would be considered "tagging" only if the graffitist signed his work. Either a real name, street name, nickname, initials or personal logo, so you can mark your territory. This is a simple case of a bored little boy (off to the left) with a Crayola and a Dream. (The Gallery, Kids, Russell Lee, Sports)
Steel Bridge
... twice during construction: the first time in 1907 (75 workers killed), then again in 1916 (13 killed). Much like the Forth Bridge ... 
 
Posted by mhallack - 03/07/2014 - 8:24pm -

Unknown location, but a pretty big bridge. Any guesses where this is/was? From my negatives collection. View full size. The Quebec RR bridgeI believe that is the Quebec RR bridge, completed in 1919 after the first attempt/design failed and collapsed into the river. Pont de QuebecCorrect ID, rnold. And taken from the same angle as the shot below. Re mhallack's "pretty big bridge": it is the longest cantilever bridge span in the world. It actually failed twice during construction: the first time in 1907 (75 workers killed), then again in 1916 (13 killed). Much like the Forth Bridge in EdinburghWhen I first saw the picture I thought it was the Forth Rail Bridge in Edinburgh, Scotland, although the structural members looked a bit different. The main upright members of the Forth Bridge are tubes, rather than square or rectangular. It turns out that the similarity isn't coincidental - one of the engineers appointed to do the 1916 re-design after the original design failed in 1907 was Maurice FitzMaurice from Britain, who had worked on the Forth Bridge. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Swift and Co. Meat Packing Girls
... These are some of the gals of Swift and Co. factory workers. The picture was taken in the late fifties or early sixties at the ... 
 
Posted by Dana - 06/28/2009 - 9:52am -

These are some of the gals of Swift and Co. factory workers. The picture was taken in the late fifties or early sixties at the Swift and Co.'s meat packing plant in East St. Louis. My great-grandma Josie is in there somewhere. She worked as a hot dog stuffer. View full size. An error in dateI was looking at some more of my grandma Josie's picture and happen along "The Swift Arrow" newspaper (Swift and Co.'s company newpaper) from September 1939, and in that edition was the same exact photo as the one above. So I was about a decade or two off when I said this photo was from the early fifties or sixties, it in fact, was from 1939. The article under the picture says that these girls work in the sausage kitchen, and it lists all their names and the places they come from. Many of them are from East St. Louis where the factory is but many are also from, Hungry (the article lists it as Hungaria), Austria, Germany, and Poland. My grandma Josie moved to E. St. Louis from New Waverly, TX, (where she was born,) though her parents and husband were both from Poland. [Shorpytip #856: Registered users can change their photo captions at any time by clicking the "Edit" tab. - Dave] (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Uno de Mayo: 1939
... View full size. Their song? "All Power to the Workers' and Soldiers' Soviets" or "Wake Me Early Tomorrow, Mother, For I'm to ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/01/2019 - 4:29pm -

May 1939. "May Queen and maypole dance at May Day-Health Day festivities at Irwinville Farms, Georgia." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size. Their song?"All Power to the Workers' and Soldiers' Soviets" or "Wake Me Early Tomorrow, Mother, For I'm to Be Queen of the May." No matter: now we know the origin of the ugly bridesmaid dress! May DayDancing around the maypole has been going on for centuries, and yet all some grump can do is to make reference to Soviets and disparage the girls' dresses. I mean why bother looking up the tradition if you know nothing about it, when cold war rhetoric and insults come readily to mind? [Um, that was a joke. Hello? - Dave] (The Gallery, Dance, Kids, M.P. Wolcott)
Telco Xmas: 1924
... C&P picture. The clerk here also looks like one of the workers in that photo as well. One of the great details of this photo is the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/12/2011 - 10:17am -

Another behind-the-scenes look at the workings of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company. The calendar is for December 1924. View full size. Telephone partsJudging by the bins full of recognizable phone parts, this may be the store room for the phone assembly hall shown in the other C&P picture. The clerk here also looks like one of the workers in that photo as well. One of the great details of this photo is the Western Electric box under the table. Western Electric made telephones and other sound equipment. One historic theater that I have seen in Clifton, Texas still has a metal plate over the box office proudly advertising its Western Electric sound system (some of which is still in place backstage!). (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo)
A Light Lunch: 1941
August 1941. "Children of Mexican sugar beet workers on porch of one of the houses at Saginaw Farms, Michigan." Acetate ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/31/2020 - 12:41pm -

August 1941. "Children of Mexican sugar beet workers on porch of one of the houses at Saginaw Farms, Michigan." Acetate negative by John Vachon. View full size. (The Gallery, Agriculture, John Vachon, Kids)
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