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August 1941. "Bean picker. Shawano County, Wisconsin." Our Lady of Legumes. Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
August 1941. "Drug store. Carpentersville, Illinois." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
August 1941. "At the Great Northern Railroad yards, cars of iron ore passing over the scales are weighed at the rate of three and a half a minute. Superior, Wisconsin." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
August 1941. "Ore docks at Allouez, Wisconsin." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
August 1941. "Ore puncher waiting for change of shift. Allouez, Wisconsin." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
August 1941. "Underneath the ore docks. Allouez, Wisconsin." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
August 1941. "Closing up hold of a grain boat. Superior, Wisconsin." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
August 1941. "Iron ore from the Minnesota Range in the Great Northern railyards at Superior, Wisconsin." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon. View full size.
Bert has a new car -- a 1954 Hudson Hornet -- so must take a picture of it while he and Iva visit someone in the cemetery. From my late father-in-law's father's slides. Bert worked for the railroad and loved his cars. They lived in Wausau, Wisconsin, but I'm not sure where this photo was taken. View full size.
August 1941. "Movie theater. Saginaw, Michigan." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
August 1941. "Iron ore docks at Allouez, Wisconsin." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Circa 1905. "An oyster lugger (probably in Virginia)." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
August 1941. "Great Northern grain elevator. Superior, Wisconsin." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
August 1941. "Water supply for four families of sugar beet workers. Saginaw Farms, Michigan, an FSA project." Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
August 1941. "Mrs. Ash, wife of defense worker. They are living in a tent beside the foundation of their new home which they are building themselves. Outskirts of Detroit, Michigan." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.