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• Brockton, Mass., Dec. 1940, second-hand plumbing store (LOC)

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  • 20 comments
  • 323 favorites
  • 353,208 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpfsac1a33851, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, house, store, plumbing, bathtubs, building, snow, thewritingonthewall, delano, jackdelano, 1914, orange, saba, brockton, massachusetts, 1940, roof, blue, white, chimney, commerce, merchant, clapboard, provisions, architecture, signs, signwriting, paintedsigns, recycle, fixtures, utilities, vintage, forties, stoves, cold, winter, bluesky, stove, appliances, steamradiator, orangebuilding, exchangeanything, junk, trashy, eclectic, plymouthcounty, sink, kitchensink, radiator, colour, color, heatingsupp, newandusedfurniture, webuysellorexchangeanything, save10to50oneverything, sinks, wecutandthreadpipeswhileyourewaiting, newusedsupplies
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• Negro boy near Cincinnati, Ohio (LOC)

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  • 409 comments
  • 1,580 favorites
  • 216,477 views
  • Date taken: 1942
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpfsac1a34281, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, boy, child, black, johnvachon, hat, africanamerican, bowlerhat, bowler, dungarees, ohio, vachon, negro, cincinnati, 1942, 1943, slide, color, colour, brownoveralls, children, film, 35mm, 1940s, vintage, selectivefocus, shallowdepthoffield, controversial, dof, bokeh, americana, dapperhat, dapper, fsa, farmsecurityadministration, portrait, sort, dreng, amerika, lillesortdreng, betuttetud, hamiltoncounty, overalls, corduroy, coveralls, buttons, race, negroes, blacks, africanamericans, kid, commons:event=commonground2009, streetphotography, africanamericanchildren, childrenarenevercontraversialoverlyfranchisedadultsare
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• General view of one of the classification yards of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • 90 comments
  • 547 favorites
  • 174,923 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpfsac1a34680, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, railway, railroad, switching, points, steam, train, snow, track, cargo, traintracks, switches, cold, tracks, 1942, december, chicago, chicagoandnorthwesternrailroad, vapor, tren, trenes, estación, nieve, locomotora, diciembre, steamengine, wye, trainyard, winter, 1940s, locomotive, transportation, commerce, rail, railyard, yard, progress, cnw, jackdelano, landscape, blue, sky, horizon, ice, smoke, lines, spurs, colour, stone, melrosepark, illinois, choochoo, icy, iron, shunting, parallel, koleje, vlaky, oblique, ferrovia, rotaie, binari, treno, yardgoat, unitedstates, locomotives, boxcar, boxcars, sidings, 1914, iconclass:n=46c15216, iconclass:n=25i12, iconclass:n=46c15591
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• Children gathering potatoes on a large farm, vicinity of Caribou, Aroostook County, Me. Schools do not open until the potatoes are harvested (LOC)

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  • 60 comments
  • 228 favorites
  • 150,901 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpfsac1a33844, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, potato, maine, harvest, 1940, october, boys, potatoes, children, farm, basket, vegetable, field, food, hatswithearflaps, brown, earth, thecounty, caribou, aroostook, largewoodendrums, jackdelano, rural, bucolic, spuds, pommedeterre, culture, crop, produce, dirt, tubers, soil, domestic, sustenance, rows, barrels, plaid, hats, colour, work, childlabor, mainepotatos, whitechildren, niños, papas, agriculture, cap, redhat, maroonhat, unitedstates, fsa, owi, gatherers, brothers, friends, coldweather, gloves, farmers, vintage, slidefilm, 4x5, largeformat, lf, transparency, transparencies, enfants, pommesdeterre, iconclass:n=42a571, iconclass:n=31d1272, iconclass:n=41c6515, iconclass:n=47i11284, farming, iconclass:n=42g2221
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• Street in San Juan, Puerto Rico (LOC)

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  • 18 comments
  • 207 favorites
  • 117,575 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpfsac1a34067, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, cocacola, street, puertorico, 1941, sanjuan, calle, oldsanjuan, trafico, viejosanjuan, tráfico, gente, peatones, puertorriqueños, urban, buildings, lahonda, signs, geotagged, geo:lat=18465912, geo:lon=66117193, architecture, vintagecokesign, vintagesign, colonialism, coke, sign, dress, streetcorner, reposteria, car, vintagecar, powerlines, softdrink, pedestrians, foottraffic, transport, signage, commercialism, fashion, attire, colour, spanish, shadows, sunnyday, milnovecientocuarentauno, laisladelencanto, viejo, san, juan, clásica, tome, film, analogic, capital, city, newtopographics, streetscene, corner, escenacallejera, ciudad, esquina, light, luz, letrero, boricua, borinquen, latinamerica, caribbean, latinos
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• Locomotive lubrication chart in the laboratory of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. The laboratory assistant in foreground is working at a precision balance. Chicago, Ill (LOC)

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  • 1 comment
  • 70 favorites
  • 62,291 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpfsac1a34614, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, locomotive, lubrication, chart, laboratory, chicago, northwestern, railroad, locomotivelubricationchart, lubricationchart, lab, chicagoandnorthwesternrailroad, assistant, laboratoryassistant, labassistant, precisionbalance, precision, balance, 1942, december, colour, backofhead, worldwar, 19391945, unitedstates, illinois, texacolubricationrecomendations, texaco, recomendations, technicalchart, diagram, train, technical, complex, geo:lat=41888617, geo:long=87729789, geotagged, 40thstyard, cookcounty, schematic, blueprint
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• Happy 8th Birthday, Flickr Commons! 7 days to go (LOC)

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  • 7 comments
  • 184 favorites
  • 44,740 views
  • Date uploaded: 2016-01-09
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, color, colour, san, fransico, francisco, bridge, golden, gate, loc, jon, b, lovelace, california, carol, m, highsmiths, america, project, happybirthdayflickrcommons, sanfrancisco, sanfranciscobay, sf, sfbay, goldengate, thegoldengate, suspensionbridge, artdeco, thegoldengatebridge, goldengatebridge, usroute101, us101, californiastateroute1, stateroute1, sr1, highway1, goldengatebridgeandhighwaydistrict, josephbstrauss, josephstrauss, strauss, irvingfmorrow, irvingmorrow, morrow, charlesaltonellis, charlesaellis, charlesellis, ellis, deepblue, deep, blue
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• Gus Worke, a farmer who came from Germany 40 years ago, Southington, Conn. (LOC)

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  • 0 comments
  • 46 favorites
  • 33,024 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpfsac1a35004, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, german, immigrant, connecticut, farmer, glasses, cap, man, suspenders, workshirt, moustache, 1940s, vintage, historicalphotographs, slidefilm, transparencies, transparency, portrait, 4x5, largeformat, lf, profile, color, colour, farbe, hartfordcounty
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• [The pier, Portobello, Scotland] (LOC)

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  • 1 comment
  • 18 favorites
  • 8,991 views
  • Date taken: 1890
  • Date uploaded: 2009-04-17
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpppmsc07662, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, portobello, pier, scotland, sepia, colour, color, edinburgh, firthoffourth
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