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Check it Twice: A young woman deliberates over her shopping list, 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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A Hand Up: San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads. Forty homes, all occupied, each with nearly an acre of ground. California, February 1936.

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Young couple moving in at Homesteads built as part of the New Deal housing and work programs. Newport News, Virginia, 1937.

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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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Shore Patrol: 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.

But Not Forgotten: Decorating a soldier's grave in one of the Black sections of Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day. Arlington, Virginia. May 1943.

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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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Celluloid Palace: Scene outside a movie theater on the Southside of Chicago, Illinois. April 1941.

Chicago Noir: Special agent making his rounds at night at the South Water Street freight terminal of the Illinois Central Railroad. Chicago, Illinois. May 1943.

Packed House: Listening to the speaker at the Conference to Aid Agricultural Organization during the cotton strike (Steinbeck Committee). Bakersfield, Kern County, California. November 1938.

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Hall Monitor: The corridor between classes at Central High School. A teacher watching to see that the students keep in order. Charlotte Court House, Virginia, June 1943

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Gallery Seats: New York, New York. Italian-Americans watching parade on Mott Street and flag raising ceremony in honor of boys from the neighborhood in the United States Army, 1942.

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

Summer Delight: A student eating an ice cream cone at the National music camp in Interlochen, Michigan where 300 or more young musicians study symphonic music for 8 weeks each summer. August 1942.

Night Moves: Activity in the Santa Fe R.R. yard, Los Angeles, Calif. All switch lights, head lights and lamps have been shaded from above in accordance with blackout regulations. March 1943

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Dayshift Set: Workers coming out of the Highland Park Chrysler plant. Detroit, Michigan. Spring, 1942.

Morning Rush: Workers hurrying to catch a conveyance for work at seven a.m. Baltimore, Maryland, April 1943.

Elbow Benders: Having a beer in Art's Sportsman's Tavern on a rainy day in Colchester, Connecticut. November 1940.

Poster in the window of a business in Harrisonburg, Virginia for the State Employment Service aiding in the tapping of the skilled labor resources of the Shenandoah Valley, 1941.

Children of migrant field worker. Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. 1942

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Jimmy The Iceman Cometh: All heating and cooking is done with coal oil in the FSA (Farm Security Administration) housing project. Hartford, Connecticut. September 1941.

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Ghost Town Redux: Main street of Creede, Colorado. Creede, for many years a ghost town, has resumed and is now producing much metal vitally needed for the war effort 1942.

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

Evicted: State highway officials moving evicted Black sharecroppers away from roadside to area between the levee and the Mississippi River. New Madrid County, Missouri, 1938.

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We Can Do It: Women riveters at the Boeing plant in Seattle work at assembly and fitting operations in the fuselage of a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber, 1942.

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Junk: Scrap salvage campaign.This boy is looking up junk dealers in the telephone directory, wants junk dealer pick up the scrap which he collected stored in his celler Washington, D.C. May 1942.

Map Quest: Florida migrants studying a road map before leaving Elizabeth City, North Carolina for the state of Delaware, 1940.

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Just Off Main: Sidewalk traffic on main street on the day of tobacco auctions in Mebane, North Carolina. November 1939.

From the Hands of Many: A skilled team of men and women workers at the Boeing plant in Seattle complete assembly and fitting operations on the interior of a fuselage section for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber, 1942.

A FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower building a new gate for his yard. Prairie Farms, Montgomery, Alabama, 1939.

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Fashionable Set: An African-American family recently moved into the Sojourner Truth homes for War workers. Detroit, Michigan 1942.

The Day After: A Japanese restaurant in San Francisco, California. Monday morning after the attack on Pearl Harbor. December 8, 1941.

Children on the steps of Mrs. Brown's home. FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower on Prairie Farms, Montgomery, Alabama, 1939.

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Urban Heartbeat: New York City street scene June 1936.

Customers mounting the ramp to a roof parking space at the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue, Washington, D.C. July 1942.

Corner Pockets: Portrait of a man on the corner of 44th and State Streets, Chicago, Illinois, 1941.

Taking a Sight: Boys trained in the fundamentals of navigation may become technicians in the armed service, Los Angeles, California. Student Thomas Graham in the Victory Corps at Polytechnic High School. September 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. Cabin cruisers and sailboats decorated with lights 1940.

Little Helper: A woman hanging out washing with her young son in front of the community building in a FSA (Farm Security Administration) housing relief camp for African Americans. Arlington, Virginia, 1942.

Siesta: Sunday afternoon in New Orleans, Louisiana. Men playing checkers. January 1941.

Inspectors Gadget: Workers inspecting a plane at the Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command base sixteen miles from Detroit, Michigan. September 1942.

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Armed Guard: An Army sentry guards new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers at the airfield of Boeing's Seattle plant, 1942.

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Morning Rush: Waiting for the Third Avenue elevated railway in the Sixties about 8:45 a.m., New York, New York. September 1942.

Driver's Seat: To replace men who have been called to armed service, many young girls like 19-year-old Jewel Halliday are taking jobs never before held by women. October 1943.

Wars, Past & Present: Memorial Day parade moving down the main street in Southington, Connecticut, May 1942. The small number of spectators is accounted for by the fact that the town's war factories did not close for the holiday.

Farmers near Woodstock, Vermont bring their cans of milk to the crossroads early every morning where it is picked up by the coop farmers' truck and is taken to the city, 1940.

Scrappper: Truck loaded with scrap metal is weighed on platform scale before being unloaded in wholesale junkyard during the salvage campaign, Victory Program. Washington, D.C. May 1942.

Winterize: Christmas trees for sale at a gas station. Woonsocket, Rhode Island, December 1940.

A Dollar a Day: Turpentine worker's family near Cordele, Alabama. Father's wages one dollar a day. This is the standard of living the turpentine trees support July 1936.

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Loners in a Crowd: Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station, in New York City, New York, August 1942.

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. Plant foremen regard 20-year-old Annie Tabor as one of their best lathe operators, despite her lack of previous industrial experience. October 1942.

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Shuffle With Tired Feet: Line of men inside a division office of the State Employment Service office at San Francisco, California, waiting to register for benefits on one of the first days the office was open. January 1938.

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Our Daily Bread: Changing of shifts at Penomah Mills, Inc. in Taftville, Connecticut. November 1940.

That Way Out: Men waiting for the Third Avenue elevated train in the Fifties at 8:30 a.m., New York, New York. September 1942.

Invasion!: Pedestrians watching news of the Normandy Invasion on an electric marquee near Times Square on D-Day, June 6, 1944. New York, New York.

Angels' Perch: A rainy evening in New York City looking west toward Hudson River from University Place, September 1939

Wartime tips: For insurance against the Axis, buy defense bonds and stamps. You can get them at your bank, post office, department store and from your newsboy. Buy them regularly and frequently. February 1942.

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OK Corral: P-51 Mustang fighter planes being prepared for test flight at the field of North American Aviation plant in Inglewood, California. October 1942.

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Wartime tips: For insurance against the Axis, buy defense bonds and stamps. You can get them at your bank, post office, department store and from your newsboy. Buy them regularly and frequently. February 1942.

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Working Class Hearths: A Syrian neighborhood near the shipyards. Slum area where many shipyard workers live. Winter Street, Quincy, Massachusetts. December 1940.

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It's Been Good to Know Ya: Wolfsmith waves good-bye. Freight ops of the Chicago & Northwestern RR between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. January 1943.

The Three of Us: Two of the Dumond children at the back door of their home in Lille, Maine. The family are French-Canadian potato farmers and Farm Security Administration clients, October 1940.

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Workin' on the Railroad: Portrait of Abbie Caldwell, employed in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yard to clean out potash cars. Clovis, New Mexico. March 1943.

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Night Light: Illinois Central Railroad freight cars in South Water Street freight terminal, Chicago, Illinois. April 1943.

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So Long the Road: Portrait of an elderly cotton sharecropper in Mississippi, June 1937. She was born 'two years before the surrender' (In 1863, two years before the end of the Civil War).

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New Found Land: El Monte Federal subsistence homesteads in California, 1936. One hundred homes, each with three quarters of an acre land, all occupied. Average family income, eight hundred dollars per year.

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Flop House: Impoverished farmers sleeping in a white camp room in a warehouse. They often must remain several days before their tobacco is sold. Durham, North Carolina, 1939.

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And the War Came: Corner of Montgomery and Market Streets, Monday morning, after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. San Francisco, California, December 8 1941.

Day of Days: Pedestrians watching news of the Normandy Invasion on an electric marquee near Times Square on D-Day, June 6, 1944. New York, New York.

Night Owls' Roost: A hamburger shop in Durham, North Carolina. George's Grill, open all night. May 1940.

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The Long Shadows: Traffic on the main street of Fayetteville, North Carolina at about five o'clock, when the workers start coming out at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. March 1941.

Morning of July 21st, the last day before stricter gas rationing went into effect, cars were parked in front of gas stations long before they opened, waiting to fill their tanks. Washington D.C., 1942.

Disputed Passage: Cotton snakes, waste cotton picked from floors of sampling and classing rooms in brokers' offices on Cotton Row, Front Street, Memphis, Tennessee. October 1939.

I Put Away Childish Things: From toy trains to parachute flare casings, Stephanie Cewe has turned to the aid of Uncle Sam. She used to assemble toy locomotives; today, she uses the same screwdriver to assemble flare casings. New Haven, Connecticut, Feb 19

Gas Lines: Morning of July 21st, the last day before stricter gas rationing went into effect, cars were parked in front of gas stations long before they opened, waiting to fill their tanks on the quota. Washington, DC 1942.

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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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Shulman's Market - Washington, D.C.

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Inspection Arms: A United States Army Air Corps air ferry command base sixteen miles from Detroit, Michigan at Wayne County Airport. Factory inspector and Captain Roddy inspect a new P-38, Sept 1942.

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Watering Hole: At 7 a.m. on June 21st, the day before stricter gas rationing was enforced, cars were pouring into this gas station on upper Wisconsin Ave. Washington, D.C., 1942.

A World Apart: Mrs. Dukes, wife of tenant farmer and FSA borrower. She has nine children and has been to the hospital suffering from cancer. Heard County, Georgia. April 1941.

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The Sand Bar Club, a bench on the waterfront main street which is occupied all day by fishermen, unemployed fishermen and other residents with nothing to do. Here, they gossip, whittle, and make remarks about passing tourists. September 1940.

Talking Hard Times: Scene outside the Farm Security Administration grant office during the pea harvest. Calipatria, California, February 1939. During spring 1938 for the first time, the labor surplus had grown so large that relief grants were necessary.

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