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Our holdings include hundreds of glass and film negatives/transparencies that we've scanned ourselves; in addition, many other photos on this site were extracted from reference images (high-resolution tiffs) in the Library of Congress research archive. (To query the database click here.) They are adjusted, restored and reworked by your webmaster in accordance with his aesthetic sensibilities before being downsized and turned into the jpegs you see here. All of these images (including "derivative works") are protected by copyright laws of the United States and other jurisdictions and may not be sold, reproduced or otherwise used for commercial purposes without permission.
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February 1941. Belle Glade, Florida. "Migratory laborers playing checkers in front of juke joint during slack season for vegetable pickers." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
January 1941. "Sarasota, Florida, trailer park. Students coming from school in the afternoon." The lovely lasses last seen here in a different film format. Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
January 1941. "The cycle club of a Sarasota, Fla., trailer park." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
January 1941. "Billboards on side of building in New Orleans, Louisiana." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
January 1941. "Agricultural day laborers cultivating celery near Sarasota, Florida." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
January 1941. "High class trailer camp at Sarasota, Florida. Sweeping up in front of trailer home." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
August 1941. "Harvesting wheat with combines on Schnitzler Corporation ranch at Froid, Montana. There are about 2,800 acres on this part of the ranch and they are getting over forty bushels to the acre. It is one of the largest wheat ranches in the West." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
September 28, 1955. "Gimbel Brothers store in Cross County Center, Yonkers, New York. Divider between maternity and coats and suits. Raymond Loewy Associates, client." 4x5 inch acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
August 1941. "Highway near Havre, Montana." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
September 1940. "One-room schoolhouse showing overcrowded conditions and need for repairs and equipment. Breathitt County, Kentucky." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
September 1940. "Post office in Botto, Kentucky." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
October 1940. "University of North Carolina boys in their car at the Chapel Hill post office." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
August 1941. "Freight train going west from Minot, North Dakota, across the plains." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
October 8, 1957. "Filene's department store, North Shore Shopping Center, Peabody, Massachusetts. Women's and misses' department. Raymond Loewy Associates, client." 4x5 inch acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
August 1941. "Hotel on main street of town. Lone Tree, North Dakota." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.