Picture of the day (general)....

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July 1942. "Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. A crane operator." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the
Office of War Information.

Source: Internet

 

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November 1958. "Waterfowl hunting (Nevada) -- Mr. and Mrs. Stanwood Murphy of San Francisco." The man at left is
legendary restaurateur "Trader Vic" Bergeron; the DC-3 belongs to Albert Stanwood Murphy (1892-1963), president of
Pacific Lumber & Truss. 35mm Kodachrome by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Shooting: California
Waterfowl Hunting; Upland Game Birds in Nevada."

Source: Internet

 

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December 1954. "La Coquille Club, Palm Beach, Florida." 35mm Kodachrome by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated
assignment "Sporting Look: La Coquille."

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July 1942. "Pennsylvania Turnpike. Trucker paying toll." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Office of War Information.

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I love the stylish writing in the windows!

December 1940. "Construction of Army training camps around Alexandria, Louisiana. East Side Cafe with rooms for rent,
'Soldiers Welcome,' on highway to Camp Livingston."
Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration.

Source: Internet

 

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April 1942. "Swedish postmaster in a small Minnesota town selling defense bonds to Swedish farmers."
Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information.

Source: Internet

 

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October 1941. "Scenes in the Finger Lakes region. This diner depends on the 'truckers' for its trade. Near Cortland, New York."
The Riverside Diner, offering bunks for bros, booths for babes and knuckle sandwiches for photographers.
Acetate negative by John Collier.

Source: Internet

 

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November 1958. "Waterfowl hunting (Nevada) -- Mr. and Mrs. Stanwood Murphy of San Francisco." The man at left is
legendary restaurateur "Trader Vic" Bergeron; the DC-3 belongs to Albert Stanwood Murphy (1892-1963), president of
Pacific Lumber & Truss. 35mm Kodachrome by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Shooting: California
Waterfowl Hunting; Upland Game Birds in Nevada."

Source: Internet

No clue why I thought about them flying right up to birds and sticking guns out the window like a gunship. I realize 1 that would be non-sense. 2 Probably not too safe.

 

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October 1941. "Scenes in the Finger Lakes region. This diner depends on the 'truckers' for its trade. Near Cortland, New York."
The Riverside Diner, offering bunks for bros, booths for babes and knuckle sandwiches for photographers.
Acetate negative by John Collier.

Source: Internet

I know where that is, that diner is still open, I live maybe 30 minutes from it. Good food!

 

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B-57 is such a beautiful plane. Find it odd that it has guns though. Were they for strafing or for taking out fighters attempting to intercept it?

 

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February 1942. "Hettinger, North Dakota. Street scene after a snowstorm." Medium format acetate negative by
John Vachon for the Office of War Information.

Source: Internet

 

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July 1940. "People from Florida and Georgia travel by car and truck, following the crops northward. The company store at
Camden, North Carolina, where migrants buy anything from clothing to Coca-Colas."
Photo by Jack Delano -- Farm Security Administration.

Source: Internet

 

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March 1941. "Gas station. King William County, Virginia." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for
the Farm Security Administration.

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....and here I thought that the original Crystal Palace, was south of the border!

May 1940. "Famous old bar in Tombstone, Arizona." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the
Farm Security Administration.

Source: Internet

 

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September 1940. "Abandoned gold mill along Million Dollar Highway immediately south of Ouray, Colorado,
in Ouray County." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.

Source: Internet

 

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September 1940. "Abandoned gold mill along Million Dollar Highway immediately south of Ouray, Colorado,
in Ouray County." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.

Source: Internet

that would make for a very cool and interesting house design! What is the slanted part actually for though, is it the sluice, mine entrance, living quarters?

 

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October 1939. "Georgetown, Colorado -- an old mining town in the mountains." Medium format acetate negative
by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration.

October 1939. "Georgetown, Colorado. Ghost mining town." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the
Farm Security Administration.

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September 1941. "Road leading out of Carlton Tunnel along bed of old narrow gauge railroad on the west side of the
Rocky Mountains from Leadville, Colorado." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the
Farm Security Administration.

Source: Internet