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@respectfully.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 3:57 PM

Drawing of a cartridge case. Skilled worker drawing a five-inch cartridge case for the big anti-aircraft guns. The yard in which the work is performed is one of eleven Navy yard arsenals… (c. 1942)

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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017689085/

Drawing of a cartridge case. Skilled worker drawing a five-inch cartridge case for the big anti-aircraft guns. The yard in which the work is performed is one of eleven Navy yard arsenals which are working at top speed to furnish ammunition needed for our two-ocean Navy. Photographed by Palmer, Alfred T. Dated c. 1942. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@respectfully.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 12:28 PM

Part of Mays Avenue camp under the bridge. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1939 July)
By: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986

#FSA #GreatDepression #photography

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017783997/

Part of Mays Avenue camp under the bridge. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Photographed by Lee, Russell, 1903-1986. Dated 1939 July. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@respectfully.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 6:33 AM

Untitled photo, possibly related to: Blue Island, Illinois. Portrait of Daniel Senise (1943 Feb)
By: Delano, Jack, 1914-1997

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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017845102/

Untitled photo, possibly related to: Blue Island, Illinois. Portrait of Daniel Senise. Photographed by Delano, Jack, 1914-1997. Dated 1943 Feb. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@respectfully.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 6:21 PM

War worker goes to Washington. Miss Clara Camille Carroll, recently arrived war worker from Cleveland, Ohio, was lucky. The 760,000 dollar Lucy D. Slowe Resident… (between 1942 Fall and 1943 Apr)

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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017695220/

War worker goes to Washington. Miss Clara Camille Carroll, recently arrived war worker from Cleveland, Ohio, was lucky. The 760,000 dollar Lucy D. Slowe Resident Hall had just been opened for Negro women war workers, and the War Housing desk at the United States Informational Service referred her as a possible tenant. There she met W. Spurgeon Burke, managing director. Photographed by Smith, Roger. Dated between 1942 Fall and 1943 Apr. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@respectfully.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 4:42 PM

Gerard Swope, member of National Defense Mediation Board (c. 1940-1946)
By: Dixon, Royden

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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017689608/

Gerard Swope, member of National Defense Mediation Board. Photographed by Dixon, Royden. Dated c. 1940-1946. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@respectfully.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 2:09 PM

Barn erection. Nailing together precut girders in barn floor system. Southeast Missouri Farms Project (1938 May)
By: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986

#FSA #GreatDepression #oldphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017736883/

Barn erection. Nailing together precut girders in barn floor system. Southeast Missouri Farms Project. Photographed by Lee, Russell, 1903-1986. Dated 1938 May. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@respectfully.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 7:35 AM

Gate of guns. Main entrance to the Administration building at an eastern armory, now turning out guns for the war program (1940)
By: Palmer, Alfred T.

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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017689206/

Gate of guns. Main entrance to the Administration building at an eastern armory, now turning out guns for the war program. Photographed by Palmer, Alfred T. Dated 1940. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@respectfully.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 6:55 AM

Untitled photo, possibly related to: Home and family of a Utah coal miner. Consumers, near Price, Utah (1936 Mar)
By: Lange, Dorothea

#FSA #GreatDepression #publicdomain

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017768003/

Untitled photo, possibly related to: Home and family of a Utah coal miner. Consumers, near Price, Utah. Photographed by Lange, Dorothea. Dated 1936 Mar. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@respectfully.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 6:13 AM

Untitled photo, possibly related to: Pinal County, Arizona. Defense training project, U.S. Department of Education welding school. All these men and boys live on the farms and… (1942 Feb)

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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017817578/

Untitled photo, possibly related to: Pinal County, Arizona. Defense training project, U.S. Department of Education welding school. All these men and boys live on the farms and ranches nearby. Some men, who are agricultural workers living at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers' community at Eleven Mile Corner, attend this class. Photographed by Lee, Russell, 1903-1986. Dated 1942 Feb. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@newyorkautomuseum.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 11:46 PM

zThe Empire State Building Opens — 1931.
#empirestatebuilding #newyork #AmericanHistory #GreatDepression #USHistory

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@respectfully.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 11:26 AM

A ten-thousandth of an inch counts. Turning a piece of torpedo machinery to within a ten-thousandth of an inch at an eastern Navy arsenal (c. 1942)
By: Palmer, Alfred T.

#FSA #GreatDepression #archives

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017689123/

A ten-thousandth of an inch counts. Turning a piece of torpedo machinery to within a ten-thousandth of an inch at an eastern Navy arsenal. Photographed by Palmer, Alfred T. Dated c. 1942. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@respectfully.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 8:45 PM

Mexican pecan shellers cracking nuts. Union plant. San Antonio, Texas (1939 Mar)
By: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986

#FSA #GreatDepression #historicalphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017782707/

Mexican pecan shellers cracking nuts. Union plant. San Antonio, Texas. Photographed by Lee, Russell, 1903-1986. Dated 1939 Mar. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@respectfully.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 3:29 PM

Haying on the farm of Jay Warner, FSA (Farm Security Administration) client. Western Slope Farms, Colorado (1939 Oct)
By: Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985

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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017778842/

Haying on the farm of Jay Warner, FSA (Farm Security Administration) client. Western Slope Farms, Colorado. Photographed by Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985. Dated 1939 Oct. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@respectfully.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 5:57 PM

Making tortillas in bake shop, San Antonio, Texas. Tortillas are made of corn flour which is very finely ground and mashed corn. No moisture or baking powder or salt is… (1939 Mar)

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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017739307/

Making tortillas in bake shop, San Antonio, Texas. Tortillas are made of corn flour which is very finely ground and mashed corn. No moisture or baking powder or salt is added. Photographed by Lee, Russell, 1903-1986. Dated 1939 Mar. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@respectfully.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 4:38 PM

Negro Preacher reading the scriptures to Negro man, San Antonio, Texas (1939 Mar)
By: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986

#FSA #GreatDepression #archives

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017739456/

Negro Preacher reading the scriptures to Negro man, San Antonio, Texas. Photographed by Lee, Russell, 1903-1986. Dated 1939 Mar. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@respectfully.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 11:41 AM

Gas station on Dodge Street encroaching on private home, Omaha, Nebraska (1938 Nov) By: Vachon, John, 1914-1975 #FSA #GreatDepression #historicalphotos https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017717659/

Gas station on Dodge Street encroaching on private home, Omaha, Nebraska. Photographed by Vachon, John, 1914-1975. Dated 1938 Nov. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@edward2962.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 3:31 PM

A comedy road movie period piece by the Coen Bros #greatdepression #georgeclooney #offbeat www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS0R...

@sagedemage.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 10:33 PM

Pre-Covid vs Post-Covid World

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