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Eyes of the Great Depression 047

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Eyes of the Great Depression 046

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Eyes of the Great Depression 045, "Negro waiting for freight train to leave Dubuque, Iowa",  Library of Congress

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Eyes of the great Depression 044

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Delta County Fair

September 25, 2009

Delta County Fair, Colorado, 1940

Delat County, Colorado
October 1940

Russell Lee, photographer

Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Collection
(Library of Congress)

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34205

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Hay stack and autos

September 2, 2009

Hay stack and automobiles of peach pickers, Delta County, Colorado, 1940

Hay stack and automobiles of peach pickers, Delta County, Colorado

1940

Photographer: Russell Lee

Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Collection
Library of Congress

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34202

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Near Estes Park (c. 1900)

August 26, 2009

Upsilon Peak, Estes' Park, Colorado, Library of Congress Photochrom Print Collection

“Upsilon Peak, Estes’ Park, Colorado”
(probably Ypsilon Mountain)

Detroit Photographic Co.

Library of Congress Photochrom Print Collection

The Photochrom Print Collection has almost 6,000 views of Europe and the Middle East and 500 views of North America. The richly colored images look like photographs but are actually ink-based photolithographs, usually 6.5 x 9 inches.

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eyes of the great depression 033

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