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In May-#JUNE 1942
#Greenbelt, #Maryland, the first new town planned by #theNewDeal’s #ResettlementAdministration, #SuburbanResettlement Division.
Pedestrian underpass and apartment houses.
Photograph by #MarjoryCollins (1912-1985). May-June 1942.
Scrap for the war: Marjory Collins photographed a pile of scrap metal collected for recycling for the war effort at a collection site in Washington, D.C., in May 1942. Piled near a heavy-duty chain and other industrial scrap, a bumper and set of auto headlights dominate the foreground.
Marjory Collins
“Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Car headlights glare up among objects in wholesale junkyard.” May 1942.
Source: FSA/OWI Collection, Library of Congress
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Third Avenue El: Marjory Collins, apparently perched in a precarious position, made this image of the Third Avenue Elevated Railway as a local train left the Ninth Street station in Manhattan in 1942. The train is on the right track; the upper track on the left is clear. Buildings line the street below on both sides of the frame. Signal lights sit between the tracks in the center of the image. Service on the El in Manhattan ended in the 1950s.
Marjory Collins
“New York, New York. Looking north from the Ninth Street station on the Third Avenue elevated railway as a train leaves on the local track.” September 1942.
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MacDougal espresso: Marjory Collins photographed the interior of an Italian-American coffee shop on MacDougal Street in Manhattan in August 1942. Men sit at a table at the left, while others stand at the counter drinking espresso. Several are wearing white T-shirts. An elaborate espresso machine stands on the counter.
Marjory Collins
“New York, New York. Italian-American cafe espresso shop on MacDougal Street where coffee and soft drinks are sold. The coffee machine cost one thousand dollars.” August 1942.
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