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From the Great Depression to World War II - photos from the American Memory collection

DONNA LAFRAMBOISE aka TripodGirl
The American Memory collection contains more than 162,000 images taken between 1935 and 1944 by government-hired photographers. If you were to look at 100 of them per day, every day, you'd need more than four years to view them all. As a photographer, I consider these images nothing short of wondrous. This blog showcases some of them.

December 13, 2008

High Water

to locate this image on the American Memory website use search terms WINCHESTER FLOOD WATERS

The old John Denver song, "Take Me Home, Country Road" makes mention of the Shenandoah River - the floodwaters of which submerged this farm near Winchester, Virginia in March 1936.

This image also brings to mind Johnny Cash's line 'How high's the water, Mama?' in the song "Five Feet High and Rising".

Photo by Arthur Rothstein.

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[American Memory link]

to locate this image, use search terms: Winchester, flood, waters

Labels: Arthur Rothstein, flood, John Denver, Johnny Cash, Shenandoah River, Virginia

December 12, 2008

Gonna Soak Up the Sun

to locate this image on the American Memory website use search terms ARLINGTON and SUNBATHERS

Occupants of a wartime women's residence in Arlington, Virginia sunbathe behind their building.

Photo by Esther Bubley, 1943.

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[American Memory link]

to locate this image, use search terms: Arlington, sunbathers

Labels: Esther Bubley, Gonna Soak Up the Sun, sun, Virginia, woman, women, World War II

December 6, 2008

Muscle

locate this image on the American Memory website by using the search terms PLENTY and MUSCLE

Members of the Coast Guard at Fort Story, Virginia, cleaning a large gun/cannon after it was fired.

Photo by Alfred T. Palmer, 1942.

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[American Memory link]

to locate this image, use search term: plenty of muscle

Labels: Alfred T. Palmer, cannon, coast guard, Fort Story, man, men, muscle, Virginia, World War II