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Circa 1905. "Italian neighborhood with street market -- Mulberry Street, New York." 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
March 1941. "Sailor's wife living in trailer camp for construction workers near Navy yard. Portsmouth, Virginia." The lady last seen here. Photo by John Vachon. View full size.
March 1941. "Overcrowded Navy towns. Housing in Newport News, Virginia." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
September 1941. "Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Renninger with sons Richard and Winfield, members of the Two River Non-Stock Cooperative, FSA co-op. Waterloo, Nebraska." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
August 1940. "Car belonging to 'Hep Cats' on main street in Louisville, Kentucky." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
June 1940. "Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Fireplace in old mud hut built and still lived in by French mulattoes near John Henry cotton plantation. 'Uncle' Joe Rocque, about 86 years old." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Chicago, 1893. "Actress Lillian Russell (1860-1922), full-length portrait, seated on tiger skin." Photo by William McKenzie Morrison. View full size.
October 1940. "Dinner hour at the home of Mr. J.H. Dube, French-Canadian potato farmer, after he and the boys had finished a day's work in their potato field in Wallagrass, Maine." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
March 1940. "Post office and general store in Sandwich, New Hampshire." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
November 1940. "Son of Mormon farmer. Santa Clara, Utah." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
1908. "Key Mansion, Washington, D.C." The Georgetown residence of "Star-Spangled Banner" author Francis Scott Key, transmogrified over the years into a freeway ramp. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
Dec. 1940. Portsmouth, Rhode Island. "Mrs. Botello and her sister, Portuguese FSA clients." Farm Security Administration photo by Jack Delano. View full size.
1935. "Little England, Bena vicinity, Gloucester County, Virginia." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.
June 1941. "The cat drinks foamy, fresh milk. Dairymen's Cooperative Creamery. Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.