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Milk Run: Farmer's Co-op truck full of milk cans driving into town, 1940.

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Keeper of the Flame: Portrait of a teacher at Central High School. Charlotte Court House, Virginia. June 1943.

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12 O'Clock High: Training high school boys to identify planes at Weequahic High School, Newark, New Jersey July 1942.

Sit Anywhere: Woodsman relaxing after lunch during the spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. May 1943.

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Other Side of the Tracks: Slums at Cinder Point between railroad and Illinois River, Peoria, Illinois. May 1938.

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Waders at an automobile ford in Rock Creek Park. Washington, D.C. June 1942.

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Corner Sentinel: Night view, downtown section. Dallas, Texas, 1942.

At the entrance to the municipal airport in Washington, D.C., July 1941.

Wall of Dreams: Room in which migratory agricultural workers sleep. Camden County, New Jersey October 1938.

Wild Blue Yonder: Aviation cadets at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas August 1942.

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A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Motorboat. Detroit, Michigan, 1940.

Campesino: A Farm Security Administration borrower who is a member of a sugar growing cooperative, vicinity of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. January 1942.

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A Westport commuter arriving at station for train to New York City, October 1941.

Codes of Conduct: Men playing cards in restaurant, Shellpile, New Jersey. October 1938.

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Listen Up: Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas. January 1942.

Eternal Vigilance: The National Archives building in Washington, D.C. December 1943.

Small Town, Summer: A street scene in Keysville, Virginia, June 1943.

A Depot Moderne: Front view of the newly-built Union Station in Omaha, Nebraska November 1938.

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Breakfast & Conversation: Commuters on a train to New York City. October 1941.

Big Easy: People sitting on dock, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 1938.

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Bird's Eye View: Spectators at a scrap salvage rally at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C., August 1942.

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Mud on Main Street: Navigating the business district of Herrin, Illinois, after a snowstorm. January 1939.

Requiem for the American Dream: Unemployed men at the White Angel Breadline in San Francisco, Califorinia 1933.

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Ticket Please: From behind one of the ticket counters in the waiting room. Washington, D.C. municipal airport, July 1941

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Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. The children are discouraged from going to the fields, but told to stay around camp where they can play safely. July 1942.

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A Glimpse of Thanksgiving: At the Crouch family Thanksgiving Day dinner. Ledyard, Connecticut, November 1940.

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Winter's Doorstep: The main square in Colchester, Connecticut. November 1940.

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Lateness of the Hour: At the Tri-County Farmers Co-op at Du Bois, Pennsylvania, August 1940.

Two of the four mighty engines of a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers warm up at the airfield of Boeing's Seattle plant, 1942.

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The Magic Hour: Snowy night in the Center of town in Woodstock, Vermont, 1940.

Good Humor: The Good Humor man comes to a trailer camp on Saturday afternoon. These children are sons of torpedo plant workers in Alexandria, Virginia, March 1941.

The Watchers: Looking out over the field from the south concourse. Municipal airport, Washington, D.C. July 1941

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The Still Valley: View of Widtsoe area from general store. The farmlands purchase lie on the floor of the valley. Utah, 1936.

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I, Too, Am America: Portrait of Mrs. Ella Watson, Government charwoman. Washington, D.C. August 1942.

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School Social: Students on steps of building between classes. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Orange County. September 1939.

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Downtown Business: Shoppers in Los Angeles, California. April 1942.

Pulp Peddler: A Magazine stand in Yreka, California, June 26, 1942.

Tarde en un Pueblo: Street of a Mexican village up in the hills. Cordova, New Mexico, December 1935.

Rope corral at the Quarter Circle U roundup, Big Horn County, Montana June 1939.

Corner Lunch: Townspeople discussing the severe winter on the street corner in center of town in Woodstock, Vermont, 1940.

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Punch Line: People boarding a Greyhound bus at a small town between Chicago, Illinois and Cincinnati, Ohio, September 1943.

Street View, Peoria: Sign across main street, Peoria, Illinois. May 1938

When the World Slows: Late evening on the lower East Side, New York, New York. May 1943.

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And Now, the News: Mr. Babcock, an American war worker, tuning in for war news on his radio. Rochester, New York, 1943.

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Do Not Disturb: A bridge game does not disturb this sleeper at a boarding house. Washington, D.C. January 1943.

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Between Bites: Construction workers eating lunch on the Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California, November 1940.

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Yuletide Derby: The main street of Derby, Connecticut, decorated for the Christmas season, December 1940.

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One for All: Waiting for a street car in Chicago, Illinois, 1940.

Fire & Ice: A long stairway in the mill district of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January, 1940.

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Far Bright Star: Son of an illiterate sharecropper. He wants a high school education. Near Earle, Arkansas. July 1936.

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Just the Beginning: Reading war news aboard streetcar. San Francisco, California, December 1941.

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Rainy Day Chaperone: Coming home from school on a rainy day in Norwich, Connecticut, November 1940.

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Union Arch: Exit of the underground tunnel through Union Station which is used by taxis and trucks, Chicago, Illinois. January 1943.

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A Dream for Two: Pictures of a husband in the service decorate the dresser and mirror of this boardinghouse resident. Washington, D.C., January 1943.

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Gasoline Noir: Oil and gasoline service station at night in San Augustine, Texas. April 1939.

Soldiering On: A war veteran who sells pencils on the street. Omaha, Nebraska, November 1938.

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Fruit wagon at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair. There is no fruit grown in this section and the people depend on outside truckers to bring it in. October 1940.

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Horse races, Hialeah Park, Miami, Florida 1939.

On the Waterfront: Longshoremen's lunch hour. San Francisco waterfront. California. February 1937.

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Welcome Home: A family moving into Homesteads in Newport News, Virginia, December 1937.

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Good and Bad: A used cars retailer in Bedford, Virginia. March 1941.

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Community: Public health doctor giving a tenant family medicine for malaria, near Columbia, South Carolina, 1939.

Susan Hayward, Paramount motion picture star, does her share in sending typewriters to war. 1942.

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Weather Man: In the teletype room, where weather data and other information is constantly being received. Municipal airport, Washington, D.C. July 1941.

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Sweet Sue: At the Sea Grill, Sue, a waitress serves beer to the many nightly patrons. Washington, D.C. April 1943.

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Tree for Two: Sunday cyclist at Haines Point, Washington, D.C. June 1942.

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Over the Shoulder: A woman watches the Queen of the Cherry Blossom Festival being crowned. Washington, D.C., May 1941.

Best Beer in Town: A cross roads store, bar, juke joint, and gas station in the cotton plantation area, Melrose, Louisiana, June 1940.

Deception: A shopper examines food labels to determine the best fit for her household's nutrition plan. February 1942. This photo was taken as part of a series to inform the public on tips for the conservation of resources during wartime. Original caption

Beehive: In the ticket reservations department of one of the airliners. Washington, D.C. municipal airport, July 1941

The Golden Hour: Street in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Fall 1939.

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Park Pastoral: Amusement park in Southington, Connecticut. May 1942.

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Hurry Up and Wait: Servicemen waiting for trains at Pennsylvania railroad station, New York, New York. August 1942.

Panorama: In the main waiting room at the municipal airport in Washington, D.C., July 1941

Rockwell Canvas: The waiting room at the Greyhound bus terminal. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 1943.

Launching Party: General view of the participants on the platform before a launching ceremony. Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. May 1943.

The Things They Carried: In the new home of a group of Florida migrant workers just arrived in Onley, Virginia, July 1940.

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Cool in Summer: Keeping the airliner air-conditioned while it is on the ground. Municipal airport, Washington, D.C., July 1941.

Ain't No Crystal Stair: Wife and child of tractor driver. Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, 1937.

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WWJDetroit: Street view of Radio station WWJ in Detroit, Michigan. August 1942.

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The Ice Route: A bus going through the snow near Connecticut Avenue and Chevy Chase Circle, Washington, D.C. March 1942.

Madonna and Child: Migrant Cotton Picker with her baby. Maricopa County, Arizona, 1940.

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Short Leash: Woman adjusting a harness strap to prevent child from getting lost in zoological park. Detroit, Michigan. July 1942.

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Winter's Wand: After a snowstorm in Norwich, Connecticut, November 1940.

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The Crucible: Houses of the mill town overlooking the Pittsburgh Crucible Steel Company in Midland, Pennsylvania, January 1941.

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Knocking Off: The end of the afternoon shift at the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, January 1941.

Into the Wind: Sailing boat at a Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends, 1940.

American Worker: A Black shipyard worker who helps build Liberty Ships at the Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. May 1943.

Waiting on Roosevelt: North Dakota farmers waiting for their assistance grants in a Resettlement Administration Office. North Dakota, 1936.

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Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. July 1940.

Women talk on the street in Holyoke, Massachusetts September 1941.

Looking north on Woodward Ave., from the Maccabees Building with the Fisher Building at the far left, and the Wardell Hotel at the middle right, Detroit, Michigan. July 1942.

Desperate Times: Shack of war veteran and family with view along Nueces Bay. Corpus Christi, Texas, 1939.

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Group of men on 7th Avenue and 28th Street, New York City, November 1936.

Lubricating and servicing a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber for flight tests at the airfield of Boeing's Seattle plant, 1942.

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Life's Other Side: Two men head toward Los Angeles, California looking for work. March 1937.

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On the Way to Somewhere: Trailer & truck at a gas station in Elko, Nevada, March 1940.

Chuck Wagon Cafe: Cowboys eating breakfast at a restaurant on the grounds of San Angelo Fat Stock Show, San Angelo, Texas. March 1940.

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Columbia Steel Co., Geneva, Utah. The new plant will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort. November 1942.

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Boys of Summer: Sunday cyclists watching sailboats at Hains Point. Washington, D.C. 1942.

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