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Mission San Gabriel: 1912

Circa 1912. "Old Mission Trolley Trip -- Pacific Electric Railway." The San Gabriel Mission near Los Angeles.  8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Circa 1912. "Old Mission Trolley Trip -- Pacific Electric Railway." The San Gabriel Mission near Los Angeles. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

The Four Muskrateers: 1941

January 1941. "Spanish trappers putting muskrat skins on wire stretchers before hanging them up to dry in back of their marsh camp. Delacroix Island, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

January 1941. "Spanish trappers putting muskrat skins on wire stretchers before hanging them up to dry in back of their marsh camp. Delacroix Island, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Of Muskrats and Men: 1941

January 1941. "Grading muskrats while fur buyers and Spanish trappers look on during auction sale on porch of community store in Saint Bernard, Louisiana." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

January 1941. "Grading muskrats while fur buyers and Spanish trappers look on during auction sale on porch of community store in Saint Bernard, Louisiana." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Lincoln vs. Cadillac: 1909

Detroit circa 1909. "Alexander Macomb monument, Washington Boulevard Park." Adolph Weinman's statue of the War of 1812 hero, flanked by the Lincoln and Cadillac hotels. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Detroit circa 1909. "Alexander Macomb monument, Washington Boulevard Park." Adolph Weinman's statue of the War of 1812 hero, flanked by the Lincoln and Cadillac hotels. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Western States: 1910

Circa 1910. "Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Line steamboats Western States and City of Mackinac." Built in 1902 and 1893 in Wyandotte, Michigan.  View full size.

Circa 1910. "Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Line steamboats Western States and City of Mackinac." Built in 1902 and 1893 in Wyandotte, Michigan. View full size.

 

City of Mackinac: 1905

Circa 1905. "D.& C. steamer at dock, St. Ignace, Michigan." The Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company's City of Mackinac. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.

Circa 1905. "D.& C. steamer at dock, St. Ignace, Michigan." The Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company's City of Mackinac. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.

 

Mobilized: 1940

December 1940. "Soldiers on street corner in Starke, Florida. Boomtown in defense district." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

December 1940. "Soldiers on street corner in Starke, Florida. Boomtown in defense district." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

 

Fordable Housing: 1940

December 1940. Alexandria, Louisiana. "Construction worker's trailer (home-made house car). He has a job at Camp Livingston." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

December 1940. Alexandria, Louisiana. "Construction worker's trailer (home-made house car). He has a job at Camp Livingston." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

 

Army Goods: 1940

December 1940. Rapides Parish, Louisiana. "Corner building in center of Alexandria showing signs advertising Army and military wearing apparel and goods." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

December 1940. Rapides Parish, Louisiana. "Corner building in center of Alexandria showing signs advertising Army and military wearing apparel and goods." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Broken In: 1940

December 1940. "Close-up of car from Mississippi used for sleeping as well as shelter and traveling. Evidences of cooking outside are beside it. On highway near Camp Livingston. Alexandria, Louisiana." The battered Cadillac (wearing "Autocrat" tires) seen earlier here. Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

December 1940. "Close-up of car from Mississippi used for sleeping as well as shelter and traveling. Evidences of cooking outside are beside it. On highway near Camp Livingston. Alexandria, Louisiana." The battered Cadillac (wearing "Autocrat" tires) seen earlier here. Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

 

Hydration Station: 1940

December 1940. Columbus, Georgia. "Water trough and Y.M.C.A. welcome sign in square in center of town." A cast-iron horse-watering fountain with an attachment for dogs, squirrels, etc. Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

December 1940. Columbus, Georgia. "Water trough and Y.M.C.A. welcome sign in square in center of town." A cast-iron horse-watering fountain with an attachment for dogs, squirrels, etc. Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

 

Cafe Society: 1940

December 1940.  Alexandria, Louisiana. "Construction workers from Camp Livingston eating and hanging around new cafe by entrance of camp." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

December 1940. Alexandria, Louisiana. "Construction workers from Camp Livingston eating and hanging around new cafe by entrance of camp." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Tastee Drinks: 1942

September 1942. "New York, New York. Macy's department store at Herald Square." Acetate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.

September 1942. "New York, New York. Macy's department store at Herald Square." Acetate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Curb Service: 1942

July 1942. "Chevy Chase, Maryland. Serving supper to motorists at an A&W Hot Shoppes restaurant on Wisconsin Avenue, just over the District line." Medium format negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.

July 1942. "Chevy Chase, Maryland. Serving supper to motorists at an A&W Hot Shoppes restaurant on Wisconsin Avenue, just over the District line." Medium format negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Class of 1940

August 1940. "Overcrowded conditions and poor equipment in rural mountain school in Breathitt County, Kentucky. The school year begins in July and ends in January as most of the children have no shoes and insufficient clothing to walk the long distances over bad roads and up creek beds." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

August 1940. "Overcrowded conditions and poor equipment in rural mountain school in Breathitt County, Kentucky. The school year begins in July and ends in January as most of the children have no shoes and insufficient clothing to walk the long distances over bad roads and up creek beds." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

 
 
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