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Albert M. Bender, artist,
Chicago: Illinois WPA Art Project, [between 1936 and 1941].
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Gum Sorting and Inspection Dept. at American Chicle Company Plant
Gum Sorting and Inspection Dept. at American Chicle Company Plant,
Underwood & Underwood,
1923
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Production A-31 ("Vengeance") Dive Bombers
Production A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Checking part to blueprint. Here a pair of factory workers check the blueprint with a part which will go into the “Vengeance” dive bombers made at Vultee’s Nashville Division. The “Vengeance” (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force).
Alfred T. Palmer, photographer,
1943.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
“Lightnin‘“ Washington
“Lightnin‘“ Washington, an African American prisoner, singing with his group in the woodyard at Darrington State Farm, Texas,
Alan Lomax, photographer,
April, 1934.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
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