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Passes Please: Washington, D.C. Member of the Shore Patrol who helps get servicemen lined up and in order while waiting for special buses to leave the Greyhound bus terminal on Sunday evenings. April 1943.

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

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

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

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

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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But It's Home: A FSA (Farm Security Administration) housing project for Glenn L. Martin aircraft workers. A worker's family in their trailer home. Middle River, Maryland. Aug 1943

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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.

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

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

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

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

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Little Light of Mine: Part of Pomp Hall's family eating supper by lamplight, Creek County, Oklahoma. February 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.

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

Secondhand Fisherman: A stevedore who packs and loads crates of fish on the lower east side. New York, New York, 1943.

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Green Thumb: A FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower picking pears. Saint Mary's County, Maryland 1940.

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Low-Rent Dive: Scene in a nightclub along the riverfront. Saint Louis, Missouri, January 1939.

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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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.

Companions: Young girl with her cat in the kitchen of her home. FSA (Farm Security Administration) housing relief for Black Americans. Arlington, Virginia, April 1942.

Singin' Cowboy: A group of Cowhands singing after day's work on the Quarter Circle 'U' Ranch roundup. Big Horn County, Montana, June 1939.

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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

Lunch Break: Workmen at lunch hour on emergency office space construction job. Washington, D.C., 1941.

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On a Street Where You Live: Corner store which is patronized by Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman. Washington, D.C., August 1942.

View of the Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) co-op cannery. Elba, Coffee County, Alabama August 1941.

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Waiting for the parade to recruit civilian defense volunteers, Washington, D.C. July 1943.

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

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

The Day Dreamer: Son of Nat Williamson. Guilford County, North Carolina, April 1938.

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

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Pit Stop: In the cafe at a truck drivers' service station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue), Washington, D.C., June 1940.

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Summer Days: Sun bathers on the sand beach at the swimming pool in the Glen Echo amusement park. Maryland, July 1943.

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Winner: Pimlico racetrack, near Baltimore, Maryland. Count Fleet crossing finishing line to win Preakness Cup, May 1943.

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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.

On the Make: Arlington, Virginia. Girls entertaining their guests in one of the two card rooms, at a residence for the women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of the war. June 1943.

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Ag Academy: Farm Security Admnistration county supervisor at farmers field day at United States Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado. October 1939.

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Man and Steed: Rancher William Heck shoeing a horse at his ranch in the Moreno Valley, Colfax County, New Mexico. February 1943.

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District grocery store warehouse on 4th Street S.W. Farmers bringing their produce in trucks, between two and five a.m. Washington, D.C. July 1942.

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Through the Grapevine: Two NYA (National Youth Administration) students at Bethune-Cookman College chatting between classes on the campus. Daytona Beach, Florida. January 1943.

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Snowy Small Town: The business section of Bantam, Connecticut. with the camera facing south along Lafayette Boulevard (Route 25). January-February 1942.

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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.

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

Bath Time: Washing one of the Santa Fe R.R. 54 hundred horse power diesel freight locomotives in the roundhouse, Argentine, Kansas. Argentine yard is at Kansas City, Kansas, March 1943.

Bleak Harvest: Outside Farm Security Administration (FSA) grant office during the pea harvest. Calipatria, California. February 1939.

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Roadside Style: Migratory agricultural worker waiting at the Little Creek end for the Norfolk-Cape Charles ferry. July 1940.

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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.

Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Peter O'Crotty, photographer for OWI (Office of Wa . . . - NARA - 537149

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Sailor Man: On board the 'Princess Anne' super-deluxe luxury liner ferry plying between Little Creek, Virginia (Norfolk) and Cape Charles, Virginia, 1940.

Lunch on the Grounds: Government workers lunching and resting in Washington Monument park outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Washington, D.C. July 1942.

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American Acropolis: Exterior of the Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C. Dedicated on the third president's bi-centennial anniversary, April 13, 1943.

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Going Places: A Girl waiting for the bus by a road's edge. Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. September 1943.

Training women to operate buses and taxicabs, 1942. Due to the bulk of American men being slated for the armed forces, women are stepping into jobs normally performed by men.

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A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Small cabin cruiser. Summer 1940.

Ice Cream Social: A mother and child with an ice cream cone in front of the bank in San Augustine, Texas. April 1943.

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The Soloist: A One man tin can band during a wartime blackout. San Francisco, California, December 1941.

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They Ride By Night: Trolley carrying workers to the night shift at the Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard. Baltimore, Maryland. April 1943

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Obey Your Air Raid Warden: Scene in the Italian 'North Beach' restaurant during a blackout. San Francisco, California. December 1941.

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Santa Clause Lane: Corner on main street, Spencer, Iowa, December 1936

Players in an amateur baseball game between the employees' recreation association and a team recruited from garage workers. Washington, D.C. June 1942.

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Touching Up: A young stenographer has the use of a bathroom to powder her nose and wash while she works for the Foreign Function Bureau, housed in a converted apartment building. Washington, D.C.. December 1941.

Ready for His Close-up: A picture-taking machine in the lobby at the United Nations service center. Washington, D.C., 1943.

Arsenal of Democracy: Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. Dodge Army ambulances are here, lined up for delivery to the Army. Detroit, Michigan, August 1942.

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The Birdman: This man feeds the pigeons in Washington Square regularly. New York, New York. December 1941.

Miss Helen Ringwald works with the pneumatic tubes through which messages are sent to branches in other parts of the city of Washington D.C. for delivery, 1943.

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Interlochen, Michigan. National music camp where 300 or more young musicians study symphonic music for eight weeks each summer. Swimming dock, August 1942.

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Night and the City: A rainy evening in New York City, looking north from University Place, September 1939.

Passengers Anonymous: People in a bus on rainy day in Norwich, Connecticut. November, 1940.

Give Me Some Sugar: Residents of one of Washington DC's best residential sections apply for sugar ration cards at Adams School May 1942.

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Moving Day: An African-American family moving into new Homesteads near Newport News Virginia, 1937.

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En-Vogue: Portrait of Barbara Cottam, a second generation Anglo-American, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 1943.

The Easy Life: Winter tourist reading a magazine beside his trailer home. Sarasota trailer park, Sarasota, Florida, January 1941.

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No Place to Sleep: Unemployed men sleeping in the park in the Gateway District, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 1939.

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Workmen's Lunch: Migratory agricultural workers having supper at the store in Belcross, North Carolina, 1940.

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Cheap Seats: Spectators at the Duke University-North Carolina football game. Durham, North Carolina, October 1939.

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We of the Long Road: Example of self-resettlement in California. Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio, August 1936.

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Migrant shed worker. Northeast Florida in Suwanee county, 1936.

Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station, New York City, August 1942.

Display at a scrap salvage rally sponsored by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds. Detroit, Michigan, 1942.

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At a truck service station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue), Washington, D.C. 1940.

Last Call: Waiting for instructions to take off. Washington D.C. municipal airport, July 1941.

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Hear That Whistle: Shipyard employees getting out of work at 4 p.m. Newport News, Virginia, March 1941.

Person of Interest: Sunday crowds are so great at the municipal swimming pool that long lines form awaiting their turn. Washington, D.C., July 1942.

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Swing Shift: Third shift defense workers waiting in a combination delicatessen and restaurant to be picked up by their car pools around midnight. Baltimore, Maryland. April 1943.

Fall Harvest: Children gathering potatoes on a large farm, vicinity of Caribou, Aroostook County, Maine. Schools do not open until the potatoes are harvested. October 1941.

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Sunday Best: Congregation of a Black church in the mill district of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 1941.

Crossroads of the World: Union Station concourse showing display the flags of the Allied Nations, Chicago, Illinois. January 1943.

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Fill er Up: 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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And Miles To Go: Scene in west Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. Stacks of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation in background. January 1941.

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Thirst Quencher: Melvin Cash, truck driver, putting water in his radiator along U.S. Highway 29 in North Carolina enroute to Charlotte. March 1943.

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Through the Night: Alfred MacMillan, Pullman porter, resting in the men's washroom aboard the 'Capitol Limited' bound for Chicago, Illinois, March 1943.

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Gamers 1941: Playing the pinball machine at the steelworkers' Serbian Club in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, January 1941.

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Free sleeping quarters for truck drivers at a truck service station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue) in Washington, D.C. June 1940.

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Sidewalk Bizarre: Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, New York, December 1936.

'Can I wear it today?': A domestic scene between mother and daughter. 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 below.

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