November 1940. "U.S. Mail truck used in snowy mountain sections of Nevada County, California." Acetate negative by Russell Lee. View full size.

November 1940. Tulare County, California. "One of the homes at Mineral King cooperative farm, an old ranch of 500 acres raising cotton, alfalfa, and dairy products for cash crops. Ten families [including the Schmidts] have been established here by the Farm Security Administration in modern houses." Forerunner of the suburban ranch house that characterized so much postwar residential development. Medium format negative by Russell Lee. View full size.

November 1940. Tulare County, California. "Corner of kitchen in Schmidt house at Mineral King cooperative farm. They are equipped with electric refrigerators." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

November 1940. "Son of Mr. Schmidt, member of Mineral King cooperative farm, doing his homework. Tulare County, California." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

November 1940. "Main store in Tropic, Utah." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

October 1940. "Gas station and store in Concho, Arizona. Inhabitants of this town are all of Spanish extraction." Acetate negative by Russell Lee. View full size.

        By May 1941, defense jobs had 1,500 people moving into San Diego every day -- seven months before Pearl Harbor.

December 1940. "Carpenter's wife unpacking a trunk at tent camp for defense workers in Mission Valley, California, which is about three miles from San Diego." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee documenting life in Southern California during the "Blitz Boom" of 1940. View full size.

December 1940. "Workmen during lunch period, across the street from the Consolidated Aircraft factory. San Diego, California." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

July 1939. "Northern Pacific railroad tracks west of Fargo, North Dakota." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

January 1939. "Coal miner in business center of Colp, Illinois." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

June 1939. "Old livery stable in Virginia City, Montana." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

September 1939. "Ernest W. Kirk Jr., whose team of mules was bought with a Farm Security Administration loan. Near Ordway, Colorado." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

San Francisco circa 1922. "Paige 6-66 touring car." Advertised as "the most beautiful car in America." 5x7 glass negative by Chris Helin. View full size.

April 24, 1973. "Interview with Lieut. Cmdr. John S. McCain, Vietnam POW." Photo by Thomas J. O'Halloran for U.S. News & World Report. View full size.

        John S. McCain, the naval aviator who climbed from the depths of despair as a prisoner of war in Vietnam to the pinnacle of power as a Republican senator from Arizona and two-time contender for the presidency, died on Saturday at his home in Arizona. He was 81.

— New York Times

December 1941. New York. "Workmen wrecking condemned buildings in the demolition of a slum area to make room for a housing project." Acetate negative by Edwin Rosskam for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.