dc:coverage=1939
49 photos tagged dc:coverage=1939, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.
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The last upload was December 2008.
Palm Beach, Florida, March 1939. from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
Negro day laborers brought in by truck from nearby towns, wa... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
Star pupil, 82 years old, reading her lesson in adult class,... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
Loading hay into barn on tobacco farm of A. B. Douglas, Blai... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
Pauline Clyburn, rehabilitation client at Manning, Clarendon... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
Drummer in orchestra in Memphis juke joint, Tennessee. from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
Vegetable pickers, migrants, waiting after work to be paid, ... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
Saturday afternoon in a negro beer and juke joint, Clarksdal... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
Post office inside plantation store, Mileston, Mississippi D... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
Compton, Negro sharecropper and his wife stripping and gradi... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
[African American day laborers standing near and on the back... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
Migratory workers fishing to eat, Belle Glade, Florida, Janu... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
In front of city hall, Belle Glade, Florida, January 1939. from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
Negro agricultural laborers watching one of their houses bur... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
[African American cotton plantation worker, hired as a day l... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
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Unloading tobacco from trailer into baskets according to the...
- opposite office said:
Drummer in orchestra in Memphis juke joint, Tennessee.
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Samm Bennett said:
This is a great shot: relatively rare to get this good a glimpse of a drum kit from this period. This fellow had a relatively elaborate setup. See my notes on the photo.
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Cornel Theo Wick said:
Cool...
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Laura Morland said:
Wonderful shot, Samm Bennett! Are those your notes above?
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Samm Bennett said:
None other, lauramorlandrhodes ! But, um... was that a sarcastic comment? I mean, the comments are *signed* and all, so I reckon it's obvious. I'm confused...
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Samm Bennett said:
At any rate, this fellow made it into my Vintage Drum Kits page, which will be of interest to any old drum fans... www.polarityrecords.com/vintage-drum-kits-1920s-and-30s.html
Daughter of Cube Walker, Negro TP Client Belzoni, Miss. Delt...
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Ambiguous Look said:
I love all these photographs.This one looks right out of a D.W Griffith silent movie. Times sure do change.