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Posts Tagged: 1930s
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Hiking Germany
Teenagers hiking across the German countryside is nothing new.
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At Play
For two generations family owned Scurlock Studio photographed Washington DC’s African American community.
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Photobooth Friends
Before the days of digital scanners and ID chips, getting a valid passport was down to producing a tiny 2″ x 2″ image of yourself.
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Dionne Quints
Tough times in a tiny town, circa 1934: a woman named Elzire Dionne gives birth to the world’s first known quintuplets near the village of Corbeil in Ontario, Canada.
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Farm Girls
Mexican girls, carrot workers, Edinburg, Texas. 1939
A spectrum of farm girls—from the 4-H farm lifestyle to young migrant workers in the fields, just trying to deal—during the Great Depression.
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Free Ride
During the Great Depression, “Boxcar Children” and “Roving Boys” traveled across America via the tops of boxcars and freight trains.
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Wrong & Right
Wrong: Siren effect produced by slinky black dress and up-hairdo is inappropriate.
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Camp Nizhoni
Every summer, Colorado girls took the train from Denver to Pinecliff on their way to the fresh mountain air and wilderness of Camp Nizhoni.
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Wandering Birds
Jon Savage recently wrote a fascinating article for Vice on the Wandervogel and German youth gangs in the 1930s.