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Rammed earth construction near Birmingham, Alabama. Forms sections should not be larger than can be handled by a crew of three or four men

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Title and other information from caption card.

Electronic surrogate made from LC-USF347-015474-C-B.

Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division.

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

Temp. note: usf34batch2

No corresponding F34 negative.

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alabama jefferson county birmingham rammed earth nitrate negatives safety film negatives lot 1611 thomas hibben photo earth construction forms sections four men ultra high resolution high resolution great depression farm security administration united states history library of congress
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01/01/1937
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alabama
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Library of Congress
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https://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. A fast friendship developed between these two civil service employees in the assembly and repairs department of the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas

General view of flour mill and docks. Port of Houston, Texas

A black and white photo of a group of men on a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

General planning. Refrigerated barge designed and built by the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) in collaboration with the University of Tennessee to encourage the fruit and vegetable freezing industry in the Valley and the marketing of its products over the inland waterways system. The architects of the Authority cooperated in the design of the superstructure which was erected on a standard steel barge. Sheathing is of T and G boards, roof of galvanized sheet metal. Glass-enclosed cabin at one end houses refrigerating machinery, at other end crew's quarters. Colors are light shades of grey, with upper and lower bands of superstructure in maroon. Visible part of windows is the screen frame; glazed sash is behind and its frame is painted black to eliminate its competetion with the screen frame and its..

Backyards and house in Birmingham, Alabama, district from which have come some of the residents of the housing project

Hardie-Tynes Manufacturing Company, 800 Twenty-eighth Street, North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

The stack of the towboat Charles T. Campbell on the river Ohio

New Orleans, Louisiana. Connecting air lines from tractor to trailer at the Herrin Company terminal

New York, New York. New England fisherman aboard their ship at Fulton fish market

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Pilot and observer who bought their own plane and flew it in from Wisconsin to join the patrol

Masonic Hall, Shenandoah Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

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alabama jefferson county birmingham rammed earth nitrate negatives safety film negatives lot 1611 thomas hibben photo earth construction forms sections four men ultra high resolution high resolution great depression farm security administration united states history library of congress