Monday, September 5, 2011

Russell Lee: Labor Day, Silverton, Colorado, 1940


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Silverton, Colorado. Labor Day celebration. Burros loaded with ore sacks in the burro-loading contest

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Silverton, Colorado. Labor Day celebrations. Contestant tying sacks of ore onto a burro in a contest

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People in town for the Labor Day parade, Silverton, Colorado

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Watching the Labor Day parade, Silverton, Colorado

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Watching the Labor Day parade, Silverton, Colorado

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Children watching the Labor Day parade, Silverton, Colorado

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Cranking up motor which will supply power for the miners' drilling contest, Labor Day celebration, Silverton, Colorado

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Miner attaching airhose to power drill he will use at the miners' power drilling contest at the Labor Day celebration, Silverton, Colorado

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Miners in power drilling contest at the Labor Day celebration, Silverton, Colorado

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Judges at the miners' drilling contest, Labor Day celebration, Silverton, Colorado

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Candid cameraman at miners' contest at the Labor Day celebration, Silverton, Colorado

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Boy watching miners' contest at the Labor Day celebration, Silverton, Colorado

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Group of people watching events at the Labor Day celebration contests, Silverton, Colorado

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Spectators at the miners' contest at the Labor Day celebration, Silverton, Colorado

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Spectators at the contests for miners at the Labor Day celebration, Silverton, Colorado

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Miner at the contests for miners at the Labor Day celebration, Silverton, Colorado

Photos by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration, September 1940 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)