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Danger Hill: Sign on the top of a hill in the residential section of San Francisco, California. January 1943.

Trucks and trains unloading goods underneath an elevated trolley. Baltimore, Maryland. April 1943.

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Big Chill: Snow drifts and a driveway along the main highway near Rockville, Maryland. January 1940.

Three's Company: Relaxing on the edge of the municipal swimming pool on Sunday. Washington, D.C. July 1942.

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Lobby of the Fisher Building, Detroit Michigan. July 1942.

Work Flows: A meeting at the Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. Careful check is kept of every detail of production. Detroit, Michigan, 1942

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. The stem of a vessel just after the launching ceremony. May 1943.

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Ploughshares: A North Carolina tenant farmer who works on shares, July 1936.

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Serves Up: Playing tennis in the park in front of the U.S. Department of Commerce building on Sunday afternoon. Washington, D.C., June 1942.

Tough Customers: Men on main street, Saturday afternoon, Hagerstown, Maryland. October 1937.

Call for Beer: Storefront in Altheimer, Arkansas, October 1938.

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Lead and silver mining in the former ghost town of Creede, Colorado, 1942.

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Shedding Light: In the waiting room of the Union Station. Chicago, Illinois. January 1943.

Deep Freeze: Residential section of North Conway, New Hampshire. February 1940.

Mexican-Americans in the courthouse square on Saturday afternoon. San Augustine, Texas. April 1943.

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Instant Messaging: Direct postal telegraph wire at a truck service station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue), Washington, D.C, 1940.

Nebraska Iceberg: An Ice cream stand in Lincoln, Nebraska, October 1938.

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Summer Sanctuary: A Movie theatre in Chicago, Illinois, July 1940.

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Now Be A Good Boy: Washington, D.C. Woman standing in line with her son until he leaves on the bus at the Greyhound bus depot. April 1943.

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Corner Jubilee: Liquor store in Omaha, Nebraska, November 1938.

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Winter Corner: Streeet corner in Brockton, Massachusetts January 1941.

The Way Down: Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill, Tennessee September-October 1939.

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War Games: Children aiming sticks as guns, lined up against a brick building, Washington, D.C. 1941.

Truck driver Jim Bishop enroute from Atlanta to Montgomery, Alabama on U.S. Highway 29 in Georgia. March 1943.

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Eye of the Beholder: Slums in Camden, New Jersey with the city hall in distance. October 1938.

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Sunday Snooze: Ellipse Park in Washington, D.C. on a hot Sunday June 1942.

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Jeannete Feinstock, clerk in the factory office of a cooperative clothing company. Hightstown, New Jersey, November 1936.

The Enchanted Cottage: A suburban home in Chillicothe, Ohio. January-February 1940.

Served Daily: Monty's Diner in Southington, Connecticut. May 26, 1942.

The Lighted Way: Night street scene in Butte, Montana, 1939.

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals, June 1943.

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Gate of Nations: World's Fair. Corona gate with Bulova clock exhibit. May 1939.

Passerby: Looking out of a building on 47th Street in Chicago, Illinois. 1941.

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Boarding: Bus passengers at the Greyhound bus station in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 1940.

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Young & Old: Children jumping rope in New Orleans, Louisiana. March 1943.

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The Crowd: Sunday swimmers at the municipal swimming pool. Washington, D.C. June 1942.

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Medicus: Staff doctor at Providence Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, 1941.

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Spa Day: Service station on Connecticut Avenue. Washington, D.C., September 1940.

Church near Junction City, Kansas

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Tin Can Tourists: Dade City tourist camp, Florida, February 1939.

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Workers' children playing in the front yard. Detroit (vicinity), Michigan. September 1942.

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Street View: Main street in Peoria, Illinois. May 1938.

To All Points: People buying tickets at the Greyhound bus terminal. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 1943.

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Home Daily: Street scene in Spencer, Iowa, December 1936.

Spare a Dime: Passenger waiting for his plane in the lobby of the municipal airport. Washington, D.C. July 1941.

Bite Squad: Outdoor curb service at the Washington Hot Shoppe. Washington, D.C.. December 1941.

Prince Valiant: Sailor reading in line while waiting to board a bus at the Greyhound terminal. Washington, D.C. April 1943.

Sport Jackets & Cigarettes: Federal Resettlement Officials at Greenbelt, Maryland, October 1939.

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

Wife of resettled farmer. Roanoke Farms, North Carolina, 1938.

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Elbow Room: This boardinghouse room needs a heater in the winter and a fan in the summer. Washington, D.C. January 1943.

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Curbside Dandy: Car stopped in front of a hotel, Chicago, Illinois, July 1941.

Washington Rec: Sunbathers on the grass next to the municipal swimming pool on Sunday. Washington, D.C. July 1942.

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American Patchwork: Workers waiting for a bus home at a busy intersection at four in the afternoon. Baltimore, Maryland, April 1943.

Cinéma, Vérité: Street scene in Daytona Beach, Florida. February 1943.

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War & Remembrance: Main street in Herrin, Illinois. January 1939.

Primary class in new school, Prairie Farms, Montgomery, Alabama 1939.

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Through Sleet & Snow: Mailboxes for farms on the highway near Frederick, Maryland, January 1940.

In the Navy: Sailor mechanic inspecting a PBY plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, August 1942.

Open-air Barber: On U.S. 99 between Bakersfield and the Ridge, en route to San Diego. Migrant man shaving by roadside. February 1939.

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Truck drivers at a highway coffee stop on U.S. Highway 90. Pearlington (vicinity), Mississippi, March 1943.

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Auto Portrait: Trucks unload tomatoes directly into the packing rooms. Phillips Packing Company, Cambridge, Maryland. August 1941.

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First Black family moving into the Sojourner Truth neighborhood, Detroit, Michigan, 1942.

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Bingham Mine. A section of trestle of the Carr Fork bridge at the Bingham Canyon workings of Utah Copper Company, 1942.

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Girls Night Out: Young Women at a Hot Shoppe restaurant in Washington, D.C. December 1941.

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A Westport commuter on a train to New York City. October 1941.

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Among the Brave: National cemetery in Cairo, Illinois May 1943.

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Fledglings: Civilian training school, students and instructors, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas, 1942.

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To Market: Freight car loaded with sacks of flour, Pillsbury mills, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 1939.

Man in the Shadows: Interior of railroad station in Hagerstown, Maryland. October 1937.

The Shade Tree: Sunday cyclists at Hains Point, Washington, D.C., 1942.

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Workers completing assembly and fitting operations on the interior of a fuselage section, 1942.

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Pomp & Circumstance: Outdoor graduation exercises for 123 high school students in Keysville, Virginia. June 1943.

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Torrential: On a rainy day in Providence, Rhode Island, December 1940.

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Twilight Rambler: The repair tracks of the Chicago and North Western Railroad. Chicago, Illinois, December 1942.

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Open Late: A corner store at 11 p.m. in Durham, North Carolina, May 1940.

Times Square on a rainy day. New York, New York. March 1943.

Of a Fallen Angel: The Devil's Cauldron and the Oregon coast highway, features of the Resettlement Administration's recreation area which attract many tourists. Oregon, June 1936.

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Hard Travelin': Drought refugees stopped along the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico. May 1937.

Never Say Die: Main street of Nyssa, Oregon. Saturday afternoon, October 1939.

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One Last Look: Parents of one of the soldiers on a special bus, climbing onto the baggage cart to look into the bus until the moment it departs from the Greyhound terminal 1943.

Cooperative gas station at Greenbelt, Maryland, September 1938.

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Beau Stroll: High school students strolling through the zoological park. Detroit, Michigan, July 1942.

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Wash Day: Young woman at the community laundry on Saturday afternoon at a Farm Security Administration relief housing camp in Robstown, Texas, 1942.

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Bottoms Up: Farmers drinking beer during a hard day's work. Jackson, Michigan, Fall 1941.

They Won't Forget: View from the Courthouse steps in Peoria, Illinois. May 1938.

Murder, He Says: Listening to a murder mystery on the radio in a boardinghouse room. Washington, D.C., 1943.

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Grand Canyon: Elevated structure and buildings. Lower Manhattan, December 1941.

Hint of a Photographer: Fire engine house number four in Washington, D.C. January 1943.

Operator taking telephone orders at the Crowley-Milner department store. Detroit, Michigan, July 1941.

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In Peace and War: Cars parked, despite gas rationing, at the Pimlico racetrack. Baltimore, Maryland, May 1943.

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Subterranean: Loading lead ore at a mine near Creede, Colorado for the war effort, 1942.

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Shoppers in Hollywood, California. April 1942.

The Watering Hole: Saloon in the stockyards district. South Omaha, Nebraska, November 1938.

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Loose Lips: Guest at an evening party at the home of a government artist. Washington, D.C. June-July 1942.

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Pre-fight: Oil for the engine of an airliner preparatory to takeoff. Municipal airport, Washington, D.C. July 1941.

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The Bell Brings Forth: Students at Armstrong Technical High School in Washington, D.C. March 1942

Sunday cyclists in East Potomac Park, Washington, D.C. 1942.

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