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[REV 25-NOV-2014]
From around 1957 comes this News Archive photo of a switching locomotive getting extricated from a slight mishap just outside the Associated Metals Richmond Branch, which would put it in the Bay Area north of Oakland. Okay, kids, who left that penny on the track?? View full size.
Columbus, Georgia, circa 1966. The young lady last glimpsed here, one step farther along on the Road to Beautiful. Acetate negative from the Shorpy News Photo Archive. View full size.
From around Columbus, Georgia, circa 1955 come the two strapping lads last seen here and here seven years ago, though they don't look a day older. Playing catch with 94-pound sacks of cement must keep you young. 4x5 inch acetate negative. View full size.
Chicago circa 1966. One in a series of photos dealing with cosmetology or hairdressing in a beauty parlor. The exercise here seems to be How to Straighten Yourself Out. 4x5 inch acetate negative from the Shorpy News Photo Archive. View full size.
May 1940. "The 'super market' in Durham, North Carolina." Back when self-service groceries were enough of a novelty that photographers put the name for them in quote marks. 35mm nitrate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
May 1940. "Outside of the tobacco warehouses in Durham, North Carolina." 35mm nitrate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Saturday, May 25, 1940. "Interior of general store at Stem, Granville County, North Carolina, with high school boys dressed up because it's Election Day." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
"INSTRUCTIONS: Grasping firmly, insert Segment 49E into 49F ... "
December 1941. Shasta County, California. "Segments of penstock pipe which will be used to conduct water from the reservoir formed by Shasta Dam to the hydroelectric turbines." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
January 1942. "Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. Candling eggs in an egg packing plant." In contrast to the Grade AA Specials seen previously, what we have here are cartons marked "Large Grade B Dirties." Photo by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
December 1941. "Bending reinforcing steel which will be used in construction of Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California." Photo by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
January 1942. "Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. Packing eggs into cartons." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
January 1942. "Sonoma County, California. Eggs." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
January 1942. "Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. Crates for eggs. Petaluma, which is the center of the intensive egg producing area, calls itself the world's egg basket." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
December 1941. "Workman at Shasta Dam plays poker. Shasta County, California." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
January 1942. "Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. In the chicken pharmacy. Poultry raising exclusively for egg production on a scientific basis." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.