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• School children, half of Polish and half of Italian descent, at a festival in May 1942, Southington, Conn. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• Gus Worke, a farmer who came from Germany 40 years ago, Southington, Conn. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• Children stage a patriotic demonstration, Southington, Conn. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• An American town and its way of life, Southington, Conn. The Memorial Day parade moving down the main street. The small number of spectators is accounted for by the fact that the town's war factories did not close. The town hall is in the left foreground.

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• Farm owned by James Pompey, who 20 years ago came from Italy on the advice of a brother, Southington, Connecticut. People of Finnish, Slav, German, and Polish extraction help him to farm it (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• Street scene, with building of the Southington News, Southington, Connecticut (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• An American town and its way of life, Southington, Conn. The Memorial Day parade moving down the main street. The small number of spectators is accounted for by the fact that the town's war factories did not close. The town hall is in the left foreground.

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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