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- End of the Line
- The back way into town
- That's my sink!
- Not exactly Penn Station
- Tantalising glimpse
- Centered on Central
- Betty x2
- Wearing fast
- "Get-Up!" sound of my childhood
- A casement window yet in 1938
- Square corners and glass bricks
- Re: babe
- Creative Recycling
- Scans well
- Ben a long, long time
- The Dress
- Radiating curiosity
- There was a fire here, too
- I don't think this is a "new house"
- Betty's a babe
- Truck ID
- Parking ramp
- Photographer's viewpoint
- Gas Prices
- Double vision
- If you build it they will come
- It IS a phone charger
- Feeling foggy in Dubuque
- John Vachon
- Photographer for hire
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Central City: 1941
September 1941. "Central City, an old mining town. Mountainous region of Central Colorado, west of Denver." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
- 5 comments
- 1628 reads
Standard Service: 1940
April 1940. "Gas station on a sunny afternoon. Dubuque, Iowa." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
- 11 comments
- 5284 reads
Sic Transit: 1910
New York circa 1910. "Bird's eye view of new Pennsylvania Station." Demolished in 1963. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
- 9 comments
- 5943 reads
Rust Belt Riviera: 1941
January 1941. "A section of Rochester, Pennsylvania, on the Ohio River. Photographs show Ohio River town in western Pennsylvania -- bridges, houseboats, coal barges, railroad yards. Abandoned stove and glass works. Automobile graveyard. Cemetery and gravedigger. Substandard housing occupied by Negroes." Photo by Jack Delano for the FSA. View full size.
- 9 comments
- 5841 reads
Modern Forest: 1941
January 1941. "Stacks at the Pittsburgh Crucible Steel Company in Midland, Pennsylvania." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 1 comment
- 2763 reads
Shop at Rosenbaums: 1941
August 1941. "Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 8 comments
- 5192 reads
23rd Street Piers: 1910
Circa 1910. "Twenty-Third Street piers, North River, New York, N.Y." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
- 4 comments
- 4700 reads
Kansas Cornucopia: 1941
October 1941. "Stockyards and flour mill. Wichita, Kansas." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Magical Minot: 1941
August 1941. "Rail yard and grain elevators. Minot, North Dakota," a.k.a. "The Magic City." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 1 comment
- 4061 reads
Clack Elevator: 1941
August 1941. "Grain storage elevators. Havre, Montana." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 4 comments
- 4592 reads
Rolling Stock: 1941
June 1941. "Freight depot in Hartford, Connecticut." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 5 comments
- 4044 reads
Factory Time: 1941
January 1941. "Railroad cars and factory buildings in Lawrence, Massachusetts." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 3 comments
- 4656 reads
Across the Plains: 1941
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.
- 1 comment
- 5458 reads
Froid Depot: 1941
August 1941. "Railroad station in Froid, Montana." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 5 comments
- 6872 reads
The Lonesome Road: 1941
August 1941. "Road with Homestead, Montana, and grain elevators on the horizon." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 6 comments
- 7916 reads
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