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Distributing surplus commodities, St. Johns, Ariz. (LOC)

I'd have loved to have met her then.
Distributing surplus commodities, St. Johns, Ariz. (LOC) by The Library of Congress.
Lee, Russell,, 1903-, photographer.

Distributing surplus commodities, St. Johns, Ariz.

1940 Oct.

1 slide : color.

Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
Surplus commodities
Food relief
United States--Arizona--Saint Johns

Format: Slides--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 11671-19 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34185

Call Number: LC-USF35-238 
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RoninVision  Pro User  says:

Interesting composition, with only the girl staring at the photographer.
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Colorado Kid 42 says:

Did you notice that every man is wearing a hat? Whether in the country or city, at one time all men wore hats and many women also.
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artpease says:

Are those apples? I didn't realize that apples were distributed as surplus commodities.
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looking_for_a_cause_too  Pro User  says:

This is called "Cheese Day" in Washington, DC
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stadtbild says:

these pictures are so fascinating sharp, cant compare them to the bad scanns of grained pictures you usually get of these times...amazing

and btw they look like real cowboys;)
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viaduckvideo  Pro User  says:

I find it hard to beieve this is Arizona with everyone wearing coats and long sleeves and hats.
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DirtyJust Dirty says:

hey via, go to Flagstaff AZ in may sometime...left California wearing shorts in May of '84 and spent the night in Flagstaff and nearly froze my butt off!
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jollywinegums says:

What is the seated chap looking through the card file for ? I.D's ?
Did America have ration books in 1940?
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Lú_  Pro User  says:

This image has been used in the indicommons.org post Happy First Birthday, Commons!

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