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At Ease, Soldier: 1942

At Ease, Soldier: 1942

March 1942. "Baltimore, Maryland. Sergeant Franklin Williams, home on leave from Army duty, with his best girl Ellen Hardin, splitting a soda. They met at Frederick Douglass High School." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Chicken Dinner: 1942

Chicken Dinner: 1942

March 1942. "Baltimore, Maryland. Sergeant Franklin Williams, home on leave from Army duty at Fort Bragg, watching his mother put chicken into the oven." Specifically, an Oriole range made by the Standard Gas Equipment Corporation of Baltimore. Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Defense Window: 1942

Defense Window: 1942

April 1942. "Swedish postmaster in a small Minnesota town selling defense bonds to Swedish farmers." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Those Were the Days: 1942

Those Were the Days: 1942

March 1942. Baltimore, Md. "Sergeant Franklin Williams, home on leave from Army duty at Fort Bragg, singing with sister Sarah, brother Thomas and best girl Ellen Hardin while his sister Annetta plays the piano." Photo by Arthur Rothstein, Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Selfie-Help: 1942

Selfie-Help: 1942

November 1942. Washington, D.C. "First aid class of the air raid warden unit in the Southwest area. Mr. Elmer House, instructor, demonstrating the head bandage." Self-portrait by Gordon Parks for the Office of War Information. 4x5 inch acetate negative. View full size.

 

Cozy Kitchen: 1940

Cozy Kitchen: 1940

December 1940. "Bath, Maine. War boom in a New England industrial town. Inside the home of Ralph Hart, a worker at the shipyards. The house is one of a small settlement of shacks springing up a few miles out of Bath." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

 

Maine Man: 1940

Maine Man: 1940

December 1940. "War boom in a New England industrial town. Portrait of a shipyard worker. Bath, Maine." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

41st Engineers: 1942

41st Engineers: 1942

March 1942. Fort Bragg, North Carolina. "41st Engineers, at Negro camp, taking advanced training. Sergeant Franklin Williams, left, in jeep." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Foreign Information Service of the U.S. Office of the Coordinator of Information. View full size.

 

Let's Do Launch: 1943

Let's Do Launch: 1943

May 1943. "Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Portraits of the workers who turn out 'Liberty' ship cargo transports, during lunch hour or on rest period." 4x5 inch acetate negative by Arthur Siegel for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Old Rubber: 1942

Old Rubber: 1942

July 1942. "Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Standard Oil truck used during a rubber scrap drive." 4x5 inch acetate negative by Arthur Siegel for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Giant Food: 1942

Giant Food: 1942

June-July 1942. Washington, D.C. "Cashiers checking out customer purchases with Ration Book No. 1 at the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue. Giant Food Store is a self-service market chain handling all types and many varieties of food and household appliances." Acetate negative by Marjory Collins for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

The Jolly Grenadier: 1942

The Jolly Grenadier: 1942

November 1942. "Grenade throwers. Ready to make a shipment of pineapples to Hitler, Hirohito & Co. An infantryman at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, holds a double handful of deadly grenades that may one day blast open a road to Berlin or Tokyo." 4x5 acetate negative by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Boomtown: 1941

Boomtown: 1941

October 1941. Radford, Virginia. "Sunset Village, FSA project for defense workers in Hercules powder plant. Individual homes on land leased from nearby farmers. Son of defense worker gathering scrap lumber." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott, Farm Security Admin. View full size.

 

Early Boomers: 1940

Early Boomers: 1940

December 1940. "War boom in a New England industrial town. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Bryant in their trailer about two miles out of Bath, Maine. Mr. Bryant works in the shipyard. They have been living in the trailer for two months. They could not rent in Bath and although a trailer cost them almost as much as a house, Mr. Bryant feels that it is a better investment because they do not know where they will go next in search of work when this 'boom' is over." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

No-Nox: 1941

No-Nox: 1941

October 1941. "Defense motive in advertising. Elmira, New York." Medium format acetate negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 
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