Friday, December 17, 2010

John Vachon: Blinds, Frames (Dubuque, Iowa, April 1940)


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Sash and door mill, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Boys playing with bows and arrows near railroad tracks, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Privy, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Bulletin board outside sash and door mill, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Grocery store window, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Sash and door mill, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Children who live in the slums, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Children who live in the slums, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Quarantine sign in window, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Sign, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Abandoned casket factory, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Boys playing in alley, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Daughter of sash and door mill worker, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Old shot tower, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Workman going home, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Earl Kluck's Tavern, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Bank, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Italian resident, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Automobiles after light snow fall, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Resident of shacktown, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Hotel, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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City limits, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Residential section, middle income class, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Privy on outskirts of Dubuque, Iowa, with courthouse in background: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Sign in window of city mission, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Foraging for food in the city dump, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Residence, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Shack on the edge of the city dump, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

Photos by John Vachon from Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information. Library of Congress

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

John Vachon: All Their Marbles (Woodbine, Iowa, Spring 1940)


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Advertising, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

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Shooting marbles, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

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Shooting marbles, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

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Boys playing marbles, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

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Shooting marbles, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

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Boys in marble game, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

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Little girl, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

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Residential street, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

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Painted pillar, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

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Privy pump and pillar, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

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Residential street, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

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A residential street, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

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Residential street, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

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Resident of Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

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Gravedigger at work, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

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Digging a grave, graveyard on the outskirts of Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

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Graveyard and town of Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

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Planting a garden in the backyard, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

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Resident of small town plowing fields behind his house to plant corn, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

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Main Street, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

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Edge of town, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

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Advertising, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

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Billboard, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

Photos by John Vachon from Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress

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