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July 1942. "Ola, Idaho. FSA Ola self-help cooperative, adjacent timber stand, sawmill and farms. A member of the cooperative and his family at home. This man is a county commissioner." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
August 1941. "Electric plucker removes every pin feather without a tear in the skin. 500 to 1,000 birds could be plucked in a day by this method. Enterprise co-op cannery. Coffee County, Enterprise, Alabama." Photo by John Collier, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
September 1941. Yakima, Washington. "Migratory agricultural workers in shack towns, tents, and trailers. Boys looking for work wait for the Washington State Employment Service office to open in the morning." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
San Francisco City Hall circa 1919. "Briscoe auto -- Zellerbach Paper Co." Today's selection from the Shorpy File of Flyweight Flivvers. Glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.
June 1942. "Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Steam shovel dumps dirt into dump truck." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information. View full size.
San Francisco or vicinity circa 1921. "Studebaker 'Big Six' touring car." Cigar-chomping Army brass at the wheel. 5x7 inch glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.
Jacksonville, Florida, circa 1904. "First Baptist Church, Church and Hogan Streets." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Circa 1900. "Cruiser U.S.S. Newark." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
New York circa 1906. "Drexel Building -- Offices of J.P. Morgan & Co., Wall and Broad Streets." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1906. "View in Chester Park." Bridal Tours and Auto Rides, 10 cents. Slide the Slides for free! 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Boston circa 1906. "Mechanics Hall, Huntington Avenue." Last seen here, with less ivy. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
June 1942. Redding, California (vicinity). "Shasta Dam under construction." Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information. View full size.
The Hudson River, 1892. "U.S. double turret monitor Miantonomoh." Named after the Narragansett chief. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by Edward H. Hart. View full size.
1898. "U.S.S. Nahant. The ship's mascots." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by Edward H. Hart, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Tuskegee, Alabama, circa 1906. "Tuskegee Institute -- Administration building and library." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.