This Cotton Carnival, held in Memphis, Tennessee in May 1940, was photographed by Marion Post Wolcott.
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Cotton Carnival
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Harris & Ewing
Air field, 1919-21
Child roller skating with pillows, 1924
Children playing in a park, 1919-21
Children playing jump rope in a park, 1919-21
Debutantes playing horse shoes. Left to right,
Elizabeth Beale, Virginia Edwards, Jan-Feb 1923
Flat spare tires are numerous around Washington these days for the youthful
football players who have found an easier way to inflate the pigskin
than using their lungs. Billy Friel shown inflating his football. 1924
Heated taxi cab, February 1936
Ice skating at Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, January 1922
Painting portraits of Native Americans, 1936
Snow, Washington, DC, January 1922
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Russell Lee
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Agricultural workers wait in the clinic at the FSA (Farm Security Administration)
farm workers community, Woodville, California, Mar 1942
Bedding of agricultural workers' family near
Vian, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, June 1939
Buggy stopped on highway near Lafayette, Louisiana, October 1938
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Child at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) Camelback Farms,
Phoenix, Arizona, February-March 1942
Children of agricultural day laborers sitting on bench
in front of small store near Vian, Oklahoma, June 1939
Fisherman's home along the Bayou, Akers, Louisiana, October 1938
Getting ready to depart from home in Oklahoma for trip
to California, near Muskogee, Oklahoma, July 1939
Interior of store. Section 30 near Winton, Minnesota, August 1937
Migrant child sitting in back seat of family car east of
Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, June 1939
Oscar Gaither and family eating dinner. He is a tenant
farmer near McLeansboro, Illinois, January 1937
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Part of Earl Taylor's family near Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Taylor is the foreman of a RA (Resettlement Administration) project crew. He does not farm his land, June 1937
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John Dobree Pascoe
Children during VE day celebrations, Lambton Quay, Wellington, May 1945
Women, with a child in a pram, at the fence around
Government Buildings, Wellington, on VE day, May 1945
Land girls moving sheep on Robert McKenzie's
farm at Mangaorapa, Hawke's Bay, 1943
Man and woman in a two horse cart crossing the Rakaia River. Manuka Point Station, Rakaia River Valley, Canterbury, New Zealand, 1940s
Members of the Gisborne Kiwi Club performing during the hui to posthumously award the Victoria Cross to Te Moananui-a-kiwa Ngarimu in Ruatoria, 6 October 1943
Members of the Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service, Auckland, 1943
Nurse reaching inside a fridge for bottles of
babies milk, Karitane Hospital, Christchurch, 1943
Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
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Frank Denton
Another set from this New Zealander.
Boys playing with a rugby ball, and girls looking on, Bell Street, Wanganui, 1906
Children performing a haka, ca. 1910
Group at the Adkin property of Cheslyn Rise in Levin, Horowhenua, April 1899
Makowhai School, 1909
Men on a boat, Whanganui River, February 1909
Portrait of young Maori man and woman from
Takarangi family, Wanganui region, ca. 1900s
Unidentified group sitting on the prow of a canoe, probably in the Wanganui region, 1900-10
Women playing golf at a tournament in Wanganui, 1910
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Leslie Jones
College girls
Crowded Scollay Square, Boston, ca. 1942
Girls in bathing suits sit on grass in park, 1936
Harvard Bridge traffic jam, 1923
Horse-drawn produce cart spills contents in Market District, 1931
Mary and Margaret O'Brien driving horse cart in Wilmot Flat, NH, 1932
Old stagecoach rides through Haymarket Square during Rodeo parade, November 1929
President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Marblehead, 1934
Reds demonstrate in Blackstone Square in the South End, 1932
Schoolchildren with American flags
Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection
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Dorothea Lange
"Skid Row." Howard Street, the street of the
unemployed in San Francisco, California, February 1937
After a lift of five miles by a passing motorist, the family of homeless,
walking people are left at the edge of the next town, February 1939
Aged woman with three of her twenty-two grandchildren,
Kern county migrant camp, California, November 1936
Auto camp north of Calipatria, California. Approximately eighty families
from the Dust Bowl are camped here. They pay fifty cents a week.
The only available work now is agricultural labor. March 1937
Butter bean vines across the porch.
Negro quarter in Memphis, Tennessee, June 1938
Campus of University of California, Berkeley, California. Students
assembling for Peace Day address of General Smedley Butler, April 1939
Car trouble on west side, Highway no. 33. In San Joaquin Valley. Formerly a California cowhand and roving laborer, now with wife, he follows the fruit. "My uncle homesteaded here sixty years ago. I'm lower on money than at any time"June 1938
Children at the El Monte subsistence homesteads, California, February 1936
Children of Mexican migratory carrot pullers. Imperial Valley, California, March 1937
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Fairbanks' home. Home Management Supervisor of FSA
(Farm Security Administration) tries to persuade wife to screen
tent. Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon, October 1939
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George Frederick Kaye
A group of Italian women in the village of Alvito,
which is well known to the men of 2 NZEF, 8 June 1944
A mule, a man and his dog. An Italian muleteer makes his way forward with supplies of the New Zealand Division advances into the Atina area in Italy, 1 June 1944
Italian peasants carry out their peaceful pursuits right up to the location of the trucks of the 2 New Zealand Division in the forward areas of the Italian Front, 10 April 1944
Kiwi soldiers fraternizing with orphan children in the
village of Castel Frentano, Italy, 6 January 1944
Members of 4th New Zealand Armoured Brigade Band play carols
on Christmas morning in the vicinity of the New Zealand Division
headquarters, probably at Castelfrentano, in Italy, 25 December 1943
Music on the banks of the Fibrino River, near Sora, in Italy, 3 June 1944
New Zealand Infantry personnel take a break at an
ammunition dump in the forward areas in Italy, 16 December 1943
New Zealand soldiers cleaning a truck, and local Italian women
washing their linen, near Alife, Italy, 12 January 1944
New Zealand tanks arrive in Trieste, Italy. Shows a Sherman tank and New Zealand soldiers from 4th Armoured Brigade on a street crowded with Italian civilians, 2 May 1945
One of the Italian villages where men of the New Zealand Division
are billetted while resting out from the front line, 6 January 1944
Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
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Boston: Homefront
These photos of Boston during World War II were taken by Leslie Jones.
Dorothy Lamour in Boston for war bond drive, 1942
Girls on sun deck, Franklin Square House
[Franklin Square House was a rooming house for women.]
In their finery, Franklin Square House
Serviceman's Dance, Franklin Square House
Serviceman's Dance, Franklin Square House
Signing up for bonds
United Nations War Relief Cavalcade, 1942
Victory Garden on garage
Victory Garden, Franklin Park
Victory rally
Woman instructed in soldering
Women cutting cloth for relief for Britain, 1940
Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection
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Winter: New England
These photos of New England in winter were taken by Marion Post Wolcott.
Berlin, New Hampshire. Children of paper mill workers bringing home groceries, 1939-40
Car stalled after snowstorm, Woodstock, Vermont, 1939-40
Children and farmers waiting to go into movie on
Saturday afternoon. Littleton, New Hampshire, 1939-40
Children going home from school after snowstorm in Jackson, New Hampshire, 1939-40
Hired man and young neighbor of Frank H. Shurtleff "rough housing" in the snow while gathering sap from sugar trees for making maple syrup. Sugaring is a social event and is enjoyed by all the young people and children in the neighborhood. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840. He raises sheep, cows, lumber, and has been making maple syrup for about thirty-five years. Sugaring brings in about one thousand dollars annually. Because of the deep snow this year he only tapped 1000 of his 2000 trees. He expects to make about 300 to 500 gallons this year. North Bridgewater, Vermont, April 1940
Local schoolchildren of North Conway, New Hampshire,
have ski races on Saturdays on Cranmore Mountain, 1939-40
Mr. Gilbert and hired man had to haul all their water in milk cans during winter months as all other sources of water supply were frozen. Woodstock, Vermont, 1939-40
Mr. Gilbert and hired man had to haul all their water in milk cans during winter months as all other sources of water supply were frozen. Woodstock, Vermont, 1939-40
On many farms in Woodstock, Vermont, water had to be hauled for
two months as all other sources of water supply were frozen, 1939-40
Skiers on the top of Cannon Mountain, Franconia Nottch, New Hampshire, 1939-40
Two farmer's children going home after visiting a neighbor
during spring thaw near Woodstock, Vermont, April 1940
Workmen dumping the ice and snow from streets
of Berlin, New Hampshire into river, 1939-40
Young son of Frank Shurtleff driving sled with vat of sap from sugar maple trees
which is boiled down into maple syrup. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres,
and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840. April 1940
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Harris & Ewing
15th and NY Ave., Washington, DC, rush hour, April-May 1930
Aircraft on the Potomac River, 1931
Fingerprinted. Fred Sandberg, District police fingerprint expert, tells Daisy and Violet Hilton, "Siamese Twins," apart by their fingerprints, October 6, 1926
From left, Miss Jaqueline Story, Mrs. John Newbold, and Miss Helen Wardman, members of Miss Audrey Campbell's music committee for the president's birthday ball, January 1935
Gathering with Native Americans, Washington, DC, April 1936
Gold Star Mothers at Arlington National Cemetery, September 27, 1936
Man painting woman's back, January 1925
[body painting, the early years]
Navy beats William & Mary. Annapolis, MD, Sept. 25. Navy pried the lid off the 1936 football season here today by trouncing a game but outplayed William & Mary 18-6, September 25, 1936
New craze for idle-rich ... aerial golf. With not enough hazards in an ordinary game of golf, and not enough adventure in flying, some genius has invented aerial golf. The rules are quite simple. There are nine holes, each one an airport near Washington. The play flies to the first airport, tee #1 and from a minimum height of 500 feet, drops the ball, attached to a parachute, to the nearest pit or hole, indicated by a red flag at the airport. He then lands his plane, finds his ball and proceeds as in every game of golf, to hit the ball into the hole with his golf clubs. This done, he tunes up his plane and flies to the next airport or tee #2 and repeats. Every player is required to carry a score-keeper. Photo shows three girls, prominent in Washington Society absorbed in a game of aerial golf. June 14, 1934
Protesters with signs, June 1934
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Steffano Webb
Art school sculpture class, Christchurch, 1910
Christchurch fire brigade, with horse-drawn engine, ca. 1914
Clothing factory, Christchurch, August 1911
Costume party on roller skates, representing named Christchurch firms, 1911
Ex-servicemen undergoing rehabilitation in a workshop after the Great War, 1918-20
Man sitting on a dam next to a campsite on the Glentui River, Christchurch, 1880s-1920s
Mrs Culleford, 1910s
Spectators, opening ceremony, New Zealand
International Exhibition of 1906-1907, Christchurch
Wedding party of Mr and Mrs Reid, 19 May 1920
Steffano Webb Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library
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Dorothea Lange
Desert agriculture. Brushed chili field. Replanting chili plants
on a Japanese-owned ranch. Imperial Valley, California, Feb 1937
Families are left stranded without means of support when the lumber mill "cuts out." This family lives on a cut-over area. The mill has closed, and the father does WPA (Work Projects Administration) work. Near Kiln, Mississippi, July 1937
Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern County, Feb 1936
Halloween party at Shafter migrant camp, California, 1938
Home in "Little Oklahoma," a community that has grown
out of migrant potato and cotton workers. California, February 1936
Large-scale, mechanized farming. The potato planter operated by a crew of three men, makes the rows, fertilizes and plants potatoes in one operation. Kern County, California, February 1939
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Madera County, family from near Dallas, Texas. Rent is five dollars a month. "There's no future here. I've been following the work (migratory labor) but there's no chance for a fellow to get a holt hisself in this country. The last job I had is tractor driving for thirty-five cents an hour. Had that job for five months until a Filipino comes along for twenty-five cents an hour. I was raised on a cotton farm my father owned a little place back there and I'm plumb willing to leave this country for good before I get too old, If I could get the chance to farm." February 1939
Migrant family from Arkansas playing hill-billy songs. Farm Security Administration emergency migratory camp. Calipatria, California, February 1939
Mother of migrant family sewing. Near Vale,
Malheur County, Oregon, October 1939
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Marion Post Wolcott
Coal miner and wife and children. He has been injured in mines four times. Since last year, has been refused work, now is on relief. Pursglove, Scotts Run, West Virginia, September 1938
Company store, coal mining town. Caples, West Virginia, September 1938
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FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower's children returning home on
muleback with a sack of meal. Knox County, Kentucky, September 1940
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George Cowley's family (rural rehabilitation) with home supervisor, discussing possibilities of further medical care and treatment for child on crutches. Her bones break exceptionally easy (diet deficiency one of causes) and one leg has been broken five times and doesn't mend properly. She is ten years old. Pike County, Alabama, May 1939
In Breathitt County, Kentucky. The school year begins in July and ends in January as most of the children have no shoes and insufficient clothing to walk the long distances over bad roads and up creek beds. September 1940
Miner and wife taking home provisions bought at company store,
Caples, West Virginia, September 1938
Miner taking home provisions. Caples, West Virginia, September 1938
Mountaineers trying to get car out of creek. Up South fork of
the Kentucky River, Breathitt County, Kentucky, August 1940
Mrs. Lloyd, ninety-one year old mother of Miss Nettie Lloyd, who
is a pellagra victim. Mrs. Lloyd was born and reared in Orange County;
has lived on this spot since her marriage sixty-nine years ago. September 27, 1939
Payday, coal mining town, Omar, West Virginia, September 1938
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Leslie Jones
Dancers in action, Scotch picnic, Brookline, 1952
Figure skaters
Girls under tree, possibly at Boston Common
Harvard crew, Charles River, ca. 1930
Ike parades through Boston on the day before Election Day, 1952
[for the uninitiated, "Ike" = Dwight David Eisenhower]
Man plays accordion for woman at bar
New propeller going on USS Tampa, 1929
Picnicking at College Pond, Myles Standish Forest, South Carver, Massachusetts, 1956
Runners Louise, left, and Agnes Stokes at Norumbega track meet, 1937
Skaters caught in spot shot at skating club
Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection
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Transylvania College
It's a small liberal arts college in Kentucky. Now it's Transylvania University. These are from Lafayette Photo Studio archives.
Glee Club, 1932
Alpha Delta Theta formal dance, 1932
Classroom, 1935
May Day, dancing nymphs, 1936
May Day, dancing nymphs, 1936
May Day, dancing nymphs, 1936
Pageant, 1932
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Russell Lee
Child of migrant worker in front of trailer home, Weslaco, Texas, January 1939
Chopping ice before shaving it to be used in icing
shrimp boat, Morgan City, Louisiana, October 1938
Edgar Allen, wife, and children. They are tenants of private party on one hundred sixty acre farm near Milford, Iowa. Crop share lease, two-fifths of all crops and two hundred dollars rent. This is an extreme case of poverty in northwest Iowa. Children are very smart and seemingly very happy. December 1936
Farm boys, Louisiana, October 1938
Farm girl leaning on wagon, near Morganza, Louisiana, November 1938
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Farmer (widow) husking corn. She lives on Black Canyon Project and has a FSA (Farm Security Administration) loan. Canyon County, Idaho, November 1941
Farmer's wife churning butter. Emmet County, Iowa, December 1936
Flood refugees being fed at Tent City, near Shawneetown, Illinois. The people
serving food are volunteers from among the flood refugees, April 1937
Preparing dinner for the six hundred fifty flood refugees encamped
at Tent City near Shawneetown, Illinois, April 1937
Pulling stones from cut-over land. Forest County, Wisconsin, April 1937
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George Robert Bull
New Zealander who photographed troops in World War II.
Boat building at 1 NZ Convalescent Depot in Santo Spirito, Italy, 17 May 1944
Carrier pigeons settling in the loft after training flight, Casale, Italy, 6 May 1944
H Sweet and R Semple loading carrier pigeons for training flight, Casale, Italy, 5 May 1944
Group of NZ personnel serving with the RAF on one of the
most forward Spitfire aerodromes in Italy, 27 April 1944
J R A Chote makes use of a crudely constructed shower
at 6 NZ Field Ambulance in Italy, 25 April 1944
Major F Hutter with Butch, the canine mascot of
6 NZ Field Ambulance, Italy, 25 April 1944
Military truck towing a jeep on the the Inferno Track, Cassino area, Italy, 29 April 1944
New Zealand soldiers on the Cassino Front, Italy,
record messages to be broadcast home, 25 April 1944
Patients exercising their legs with remedial exercises at
1 NZ Convalescent Depot at Santo Spirito, Italy, 17 May 1944
Red Cross workers with mobile canteen on the wharf at Alexandria as
repatriated POWs come ashore from the hospital ship Tairea, 3 November 1943
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Adam MacLay
Driver and car outside a building, 1905-26
Elderly couple with flowers surrounded by extended family, 1905-26
Extended family group portrait on garden lawn with dog, 1905-26
Exterior of a wooden house showing five women and two men
standing in front garden and sitting on porch, 1905-26
Family group outdoors sitting on grassy bank, 1905-26
Group of men and women at a picnic, ca. 1910s
Group of young women outdoors, 1905-26
Large group portrait of people and children wearing hats, on a social outing, 1905-26
Outdoor wedding party portrait with bride in veil,
groom, extended family and flower girl, 1905-26
Portrait of unidentified woman wearing a hat and holding a parasol, 1905-26
Adam MacLay Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library
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George Frederick Kaye
A group of American soldiers and two dispatch riders of the New Zealand
Division on the 5th Army Front in Southern Italy, 10 February 1944
Italian partisani on the move near the Reno River in Italy, 24 April 1945
Italian refugees making their way back to their homes as the New Zealand
Division advances in the Atina, Belmonte area, Italy, 30 May 1944
L G Bell and M D Elias in conversation with Italian peasant woman, 16 December 1943
[Note: M. D. Elias was another photographer, and has been featured here.]
Men of the New Zealand Division on the Italian Front receive their New Zealand Patriotic Fund parcels at lunchtime, a few days before Christmas, 22 December 1943
New Zealand gun crew in the front line area
of the Sangro River, 29 November 1943
New Zealand soldiers brew up in the dried bed of the Pisa River
in the forward areas near Florence in Italy, 8 August 1944
New Zealand soldiers on leave in Rome, Italy,
with guide at the Colosseum, 3 July 1944
New Zealanders enjoying the sunshine on the banks
of the Fibrino River, near Sora, in Italy, 3 June 1944
NZ infantry moving along the road towards Florence
after engaging enemy forces west of the city, 4 August 1944
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