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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 27, 2008

Light on White

to locate this image on the American Memory website use search terms NEW, SNOW and FENCE

Shadows and textures.

Photo taken by Arthur Rothstein in New Hampshire, 1936.

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[American Memory link]

to locate this image, use search terms: new, snow, fence

Labels: Arthur Rothstein, fence, Light on White, New Hampshire, snow

December 26, 2008

Slipping & Sliding

to locate this image on the American Memory website use search terms SLEDDING and CHILDREN

Children with a sled. Jewett City, Connecticut. 1940.

Photo by Jack Delano.

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[American Memory link]

to locate this image, use search terms: sledding, children

Labels: boy, boys, Connecticut, girl, girls, Jack Delano, sled, snow

December 21, 2008

Winter In the Country

locate this image on the American Memory website by using search terms MARYLAND and MAILBOXES

Mailboxes on a Maryland highway, 1940.

Photo by Marion Post Wolcott.

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[American Memory link]

to locate this image, use search terms: Maryland, mailboxes

Labels: mail, mail box, Marion Post Wolcott, Maryland, snow, Winter in the Country

December 20, 2008

Let It Snow

to locate this image on the American Memory website use search terms SNOW and AUTO

Chillicothe, Ohio in 1940.

Photo by Arthur Rothstein.

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[American Memory link]

to locate this image, use search terms: snow, auto

Labels: Arthur Rothstein, automobile, car, Let It Snow, Ohio, snow