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A man standing in front of a poster. Office of War Information Photograph

Washington, D.C. Handling eggs in the District grocery store warehouse

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

Commission merchant examining produce before going into auction room. Fruit terminal warehouse. Chicago, Illinois

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Women have an important part in defense industry of all kinds today, and the deft fingers of the girl shown above are effectively applied in the assembling of coils and switches for army trucks

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

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Worker winding cotton thread onto large spools. Laurel cotton mills, Laurel, Mississippi

Worker winding cotton thread onto large spools. Laurel cotton mills, Laurel, Mississippi

Threading cotton ropes into thread-making machine. Laurel cotton mill, Laurel, Mississippi

Removing spindles of large cotton thread from thread-making machinery. Laurel cotton mill, Laurel, Mississippi

Bin of cotton rope being fed into thread-making machine. Laurel cotton mills, Laurel, Mississippi

Bin of cotton rope being fed into thread-making machine. Laurel cotton mills, Laurel, Mississippi

Converting cotton ropes into rough thread. Laurel cotton mills, Laurel, Mississippi

Converting cotton ropes into rough thread. Laurel cotton mills, Laurel, Mississippi

Bin of spindles. Laurel cotton mills, Laurel, Mississippi

Worker winding cotton thread onto large spools. Laurel cotton mills, Laurel, Mississippi

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01/01/1939
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Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions. 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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Latest addition to aircraft collection at Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C., April 6 -Scott Lucas and ...Harold Butt(?), inspect the latest addition to the aircraft collection at the Smithsonian Institution, model of the small biplane which Lincoln Beachey flew over Washington twenty-five years ago to thrill the Nation's lawmakers. He gave an exhibition of air maneuvers such as never seen before to impress members of Congress with the need of Military Preparedness. 4-6-39

Carver Cotton Gin Company, East Bridgewater, Massachusetts

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a pile of sticks, Louisiana. Farmers during Great Depression

Migrant girl fixing her sister's hair. Roadside camp of fruit worker. Berrien County, Michigan

Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands. FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower who lives in village La Vallee

A black and white photo of a woman working in a factory, Florida. Farm Security Administration photograph

Boy working in Talladega Hosiery Mills. Location: Talladega, Alabama.

Canning plant employees grading beans. Dania, Florida. Many of these workers are migrants

A black and white photo of a man smoking a cigarette. Office of War Information Photograph

A man sitting on top of a pile of wood. Office of War Information Photograph

Girl tending spools of cotton in winding process. Laurel mills, Laurel, Mississippi

Victoria Borsa, 1223 Catherine St., Philadelphia. 4 year old berry picker. Brother 7 years old. While I was photographing them, the mother was impatiently urging them to "pick, pick." Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey.

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