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FSA

Harvesting

April 26, 2010
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Harvesting Oats in 1940, location unknown. (possibly southeastern Georgia) Photographed for the FSA by Marion Post Wolcott.

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‘Tater Trucks

April 26, 2010
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Trucks lined up outside of a Starch Factory in Caribou, Maine, waiting for their potatoes to be graded and weighed. The photograph was taken by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration in October of 1940.

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Swift & Co.

April 25, 2010
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This photograph from July of 1941 shows a Swift & Company “milk and butter fat receiving depot and creamery” in Caldwell, Idaho. The photo was taken for the FSA by Russell Lee. Oh, and can anyone identify the black car parked alongside the building, facing left? (it’s partially obscured by two men walking across the [...]

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Step Right Up

April 11, 2010
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A carnival sideshow banner photographed in 1941. This “human freak” spectacular appears to have included a legless man, a woman with three arms, a leopard woman, a woman with elastic skin, a man with reptilian skin, a three-legged man, a wolf-woman, and a “rubber man”. The sideshow was part of the fair in Rutland, Vermont, [...]

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Ramo, Alive

April 9, 2010
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Another Ben Shahn photo from the 1938 county fair located somewhere in Ohio. What “Ramo” is isn’t exactly clear, which no doubt is part of the attraction. If it’s got two pair of horns it’s gotta be worth seeing, right?

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County Fair Sideshow

April 9, 2010
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Captured by FSA photographer Ben Shahn in August of 1938, this sideshow was part of a county fair in central Ohio.

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Youthful Creativity

March 2, 2010
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Another photograph taken in ’42 at the Robstown, Texas labor camp, this one showing a boy making a model airplane as a girl watches.

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Robstown Labor Camp

March 2, 2010
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Permanent shelters used to house migrant workers in Robstown, Texas. The labor camp was photographed in January of 1942 by Arthur Rothstein (1915-1985) for the Farm Security Administration.

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Migrant Worker Shacks, 1941

January 5, 2010
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Shacks for migrant workers in Belle Glade, Florida, condemned but still occupied. The photograph was taken in 1941 by Marion Post Wolcott for the FSA.

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Brockton Farm, Winter

January 2, 2010
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Believed to be near Brockton, Massachusetts, this farm was photographed by Jack Delano in December of 1940.

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Rex Theatre

January 1, 2010
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Shot for the FSA by Marion Post Wolcott, this photograph of the Rex Theatre in Leland, Mississippi was taken in November of 1939. The feature is The New Adventures of Tarzan, the seven-reel feature version of a 12-chapter serial starring Herman Brix. (aka Bruce Bennett)

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Grocery Store, Salem, Illinois

December 28, 2009
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Taken by Arthur Rothstein in 1940, this photograph shows a grocery store in the town of Salem, Illinois.

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Waiting for Father, 1938

December 2, 2009
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Waiting for father to come out of a general store in Jarreau, Louisiana, Nov. 1938. Photograph by Russell Lee.

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The Mystery of the Frozen Cars

November 9, 2009
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Oh boy, I love a good mystery! I was browsing through the archives of the Library of Congress, and came across these photos. The photographs, taken by John Collier on May 22, 1942, are said to show “frozen” cars stored on a farm near Vienna, Virginia. I suspect that the term “frozen” has to do [...]

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