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Pears Aplenty: 1921

A colorized version of this National Photo glass plate: Washington, D.C., circa 1921. "National Fruit Co. -- Eleventh Street N.W." View full size.

A colorized version of this National Photo glass plate: Washington, D.C., circa 1921. "National Fruit Co. -- Eleventh Street N.W." View full size.

Coke Break: 1941

May 1941. "Workmen from the nearby Dupont powder plant in a cafe in Childersburg, Alabama." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

May 1941. "Workmen from the nearby Dupont powder plant in a cafe in Childersburg, Alabama." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

 

The Dinette: 1941

May 1941. "Main street of Childersburg, Alabama." And a close-up of the restaurant glimpsed earlier from above. Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

May 1941. "Main street of Childersburg, Alabama." And a close-up of the restaurant glimpsed earlier from above. Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Kittiewan: 1935

Charles City County, Virginia, circa 1935. "Kittiewan, Weyanoke vicinity, ca. 1730 plantation house." 8x10 negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.

Charles City County, Virginia, circa 1935. "Kittiewan, Weyanoke vicinity, ca. 1730 plantation house." 8x10 negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.

 

Pulp Friction: 1941

September 1941. "One of the machines that grind wood into pulp at the Mississquoi Corporation paper mill at Sheldon Springs, Vermont." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

September 1941. "One of the machines that grind wood into pulp at the Mississquoi Corporation paper mill at Sheldon Springs, Vermont." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Street Arabs: 1888

New York circa 1888. "Street Arabs in 'sleeping quarters'." Photo by the Danish-American social reformer Jacob Riis (1849-1914). View full size.

New York circa 1888. "Street Arabs in 'sleeping quarters'." Photo by the Danish-American social reformer Jacob Riis (1849-1914). View full size.

 

Local Traffic: 1941

May 1941. "Intersection of the two main streets of Childersburg, Alabama." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

May 1941. "Intersection of the two main streets of Childersburg, Alabama." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

The Tydol Twins: 1941

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; UPDATE: Our location, as pinpointed by commenter Silliaek, is Route 14 in Sharon, Vermont.
September 1941. From somewhere in Vermont comes this uncaptioned snap by Jack Delano, who was so smitten by this view of gas pumps and a church that he shot it twice. Medium format acetate negative. View full size.

        UPDATE: Our location, as pinpointed by commenter Silliaek, is Route 14 in Sharon, Vermont.

September 1941. From somewhere in Vermont comes this uncaptioned snap by Jack Delano, who was so smitten by this view of gas pumps and a church that he shot it twice. Medium format acetate negative. View full size.

 

Scenic Route: 1941

September 1941. "Tunbridge, Vermont -- the main street." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

September 1941. "Tunbridge, Vermont -- the main street." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

We've Got Mail: 1941

August 1941. "Dicky Gaynor, son of FSA dairy farmer near Fairfield, Vermont." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

August 1941. "Dicky Gaynor, son of FSA dairy farmer near Fairfield, Vermont." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Christiansted High: 1941

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Jack Delano on assignment in the Caribbean. Delano, born Jacob Ovcharov in Russia, grew so enamored of the islands that he moved to Puerto Rico in 1946.
December 1941. "Christiansted, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Class in the Christiansted high school." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

        Jack Delano on assignment in the Caribbean. Delano, born Jacob Ovcharov in Russia, grew so enamored of the islands that he moved to Puerto Rico in 1946.

December 1941. "Christiansted, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Class in the Christiansted high school." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

 

Enosburg Falls: 1941

September 1941. "Small town scenes in Vermont. Locomotive passing through Enosburg Falls." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

September 1941. "Small town scenes in Vermont. Locomotive passing through Enosburg Falls." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

 

The Family Bus: 1941

October 1941. "Children of Dan Sampson, who moved out of the Pine Camp expansion area in August, waiting in the family car for the school bus near South Rutland, New York." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

October 1941. "Children of Dan Sampson, who moved out of the Pine Camp expansion area in August, waiting in the family car for the school bus near South Rutland, New York." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

 

Drinking Buddies: 1941

Sept. 1941. "Merrymakers at the World's Fair in Tunbridge, Vermont." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

Sept. 1941. "Merrymakers at the World's Fair in Tunbridge, Vermont." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Modern Family: 1941

October 1941. "Mrs. Melvin Rivers, some of her children and her father-in-law in their new relocation corporation farm to which they have moved just recently, near Orwell, New York." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

October 1941. "Mrs. Melvin Rivers, some of her children and her father-in-law in their new relocation corporation farm to which they have moved just recently, near Orwell, New York." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

 
 
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