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Colorized from Shorpy's files. July 1940. "Arkansas farmer now picking fruit in Berrien County, Michigan." Wearing Tuf-Nut overalls. Photo by John Vachon for the FSA. View full size
A colorized version of an uncaptioned portrait possibly of photographer John Vachon's wife, Millicent (Penny) Leeper. 1939. View full size.
Colorized, "End of the Road", from Shorpy. June 1935. "Children of Oklahoma drought refugees on highway near Bakersfield, California. Family of six; no shelter, no food, no money and almost no gasoline. The child has bone tuberculosis." Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
Great picture, that face has seen a lot. The look reminds me of some WWII combat veterans with the 1000 yard stare. View full size.
Slum Kids-II (Colorized) from Shorpy's files.
April 1940. Dubuque, Iowa. "Children who live in the slums." Our second look at this towheaded twosome, a sort of proto-Opie and his sister. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size