• Man getting a drink from a water fountain.
  • People drinking and smoking at a bar

    “Saturday night in a saloon. Craigville, Minnesota, 1937.” (Original Caption)  Image courtesy of the Library of Congress
     

  • Man and woman sitting in their living room.

    “Tenant purchase clients at home. Hidalgo County, Texas, 1939.” (Original Caption) Image courtesy of the Library of Congress

  • Man drinking from water fountain.

    “Negro drinking at ‘Colored’ water cooler in streetcar terminal. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1939.” (Original Caption) Image courtesy of the Library of Congress

  • Men, women, and children standing outside.

    “Saying grace before the barbeque dinner at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair, 1940” (Original Caption) Image courtesy of the Library of Congress

  • Men standing by a truck at a filling station.

    “Filling station and garage at Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940.” (Original Caption) Image courtesy of the Library of Congress

  • Man and woman standing outside.

    “Faro and Doris Caudill, homesteaders, Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940” (Original Caption) Image courtesy of the Library of Congress

    Man getting a drink from a water fountain.
    People drinking and smoking at a bar
    Man and woman sitting in their living room.
    Man drinking from water fountain.
    Men, women, and children standing outside.
    Men standing by a truck at a filling station.
    Man and woman standing outside.
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