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

  

 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

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

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

[about the Gold Star Mothers]

  

 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

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

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