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Oldest daughter of Pomp Hall, tenant farmer, with an ear of corn which she is shelling to feed her chickens, Creek County, Oklahoma. See general caption number 23

Clovis, New Mexico. Abbie Caldwell, employed in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yard to clean out potash cars

Buffalo, New York. Esther O'Hara, twenty-six, is a shearman's helper trimming defects from machine gun barrels at Republic Steel. She prefers her job to housework

Buffalo, New York. Esther O'Hara, twenty-six, is a shearman's helper trimming defects from machine gun barrels at Republic Steel. She prefers her job to housework

A black and white photo of a man in a store. Office of War Information Photograph

One of the Jewish residents of Colchester, Connecticut after the services in the local synagogue, taking some snuff

A Spanish-American standing in the door of the general store. Trampas, New Mexico

Boy Sweeper, Lincoln Cotton Mills, Evansville, Ind. Carding Machines: Floor Slippery. (See report for conditions.) Location: Evansville, Indiana.

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A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two men sitting at a table. Office of War Information Photograph

New York, New York. Czechoslovakian Jew encountered at Astor Place about midnight. He has been in America since 1905, has been on relief eight years; spends all spare time collecting scrap for defense; picked up paper because he cannot afford to buy one. However, he keeps up with the times; was out for a stroll after listening to the radio all evening. He is talking with a sailor from Texas who happened by

A couple of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

New York, New York. Czechoslovakian Jew encountered at Astor Place about midnight. He has been in America since 1905, has been on relief eight years; spends all spare time collecting scrap for defense; picked up paper because he cannot afford to buy one. However, he keeps up with the times; was out for a stroll after listening to the radio all evening. He is talking with a sailor from Texas who happened by

New York, New York. Czechoslovakian Jew encountered at Astor Place about midnight. He has been in America since 1905, has been on relief eight years; spends all spare time collecting scrap for defense; picked up paper because he cannot afford to buy one. However, he keeps up with the times; was out for a stroll after listening to the radio all evening. He is talking with a sailor from Texas who happened by

A store window with a lot of items in it. Office of War Information Photograph

New York, New York. Jewish printer in a small shop on Broom Street

New York, New York. Chinese-American playing Chinese checkers with a Jewish friend in his Flatbush home

New York, New York. Czech Jew encountered at Astor Place about midnight. He has been in America since 1905, has been on relief eight years; spends all spare time collecting scrap for defense, picked up paper because he cannot afford to buy one. However, he keeps up with the times; was out for a stroll after listening to the radio all evening

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Orthodox Jew buying fish. Palestine under British mandate. 1930s.

Mr. Carpenter dons a typhus uniform and goes through a Near East Relief camp for Greek refugees from Asia Minor

Chicago (north), Illinois. One of the ace Junior Rangers responsible for bringing in a great amount of scrap to his block Office of Civilian Defense headquarters

Chinese technical experts inspect reference material in University of Maryland library where they are attending UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) training center. From left: Miss Ing (from Far Eastern Division, China branch, UNRRA Washington D.C. office); C.C. Chen, N.F. Chang, Miss Eleanor Hindler (special consultatnt, ILO office, Montreal, acting as coordinator of the course for Chinese technical experts at UNRRA training center); Chuan-Kwang Lin; W.T. Chang

Edward Place - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

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

Mae Bongalis in her basement adding more coal to the stove. The basement is where the cracking of the black walnuts takes place.

Pessimistic report. Washington, D.C., May 4. Governor John Moses of North Dakota, in a conference with President Roosevelt, presented a pessimistic report on unemployment and relief problems in North Dakota. Moses said his state was in a bad financial condition as a result of 10 years of crop failures and that county and state budgets were unbalanced

Hungarian Minister sees Secretary of State. Washington, D.C., Sept. 26. The State Department is a busy place these days. Here we see the Hungarian Minister John Pelenyi arriving at the State Department for an appointment with Secretary Hull, 9/26/38

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art, Third & Fourth Avenues, Astor Place, Seventh Street, New York, New York County, NY

Waiting for the semimonthly relief checks at Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. Typical story: fifteen years ago they owned farms in Oklahoma. Lost them through foreclosure when cotton prices fell after the war. Became tenants and sharecroppers. With the drought and dust they came West, 1934-1937. Never before left the county where they were born. Now although in California over a year they haven't been continuously resident in any single county long enough to become a legal resident. Reason: migratory agricultural laborers

Czech representative sees Secretary Hull. Washington, D.C., Sept. 26. Dr. Karel Brejska, Charge D'Affairs of the Czechoslovakian Legation arriving at the State Department today for an appointment with Secretary Hull, 9/26/38

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