Living condition of African American people in Calhoun, Alabama. African American women hold hands. A small child walks on ground. An old African American woman speaks for the camera.
Life of African American townsmen in Calhoun, Alabama during the Great Depression. People gathered around an ice cream truck. African American girl eats ice-cream. Another girl purchases cold-drinks and ice creams. An old man sit beside a still camera placed on a tripod. A young African American child.
Entitled "Girls from town go back to school on Hi-Hat farm". A farm in the country side. Girls work at a farm in Auburn, Maine. A girl cuts the hay with a scythe. Girl rides a cattle drawn tractor with a mowing attachment across the farm. Another girl beside her rides a horse-drawn tractor with a mowing attachment. The girls stack hay onto the trailer using pitchforks. Girls sit on hay pile and go for a hay ride.
View of City Hall building (200 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, United States) in Los Angeles circa 1950. Camera view pans down to shops and other buildings in the 200 and 100 blocks of North Main Street, Los Angeles, California. Pedestrians cross the street. A sign reads 'No Parking'. A road is lined on either side by trees. Various views of Los Angeles landmarks: A sign reads 'Hancock Park, La Brea Pits'. View of Griffith Observatory (2800 E Observatory Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90027, United States). Scenes in Chinatown and view of Grauman's Chinese Theatre (6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028, United States) with visitors looking at movie star names in cement of sidewalk on Hollywood Walk of Fame. The photographer takes pictures. A license plate on an out-of-town vehicle, from Idaho, reads 'World Famous Potatoes' and contains a picture of a potato.
Women's Army Corps (WAC) Sergeant in broadcasting studio for the Army Navy Screen Magazine feature called: "By Request." She holds a letter received from 43 American soldiers ("foxhole buddies") in New Guinea. They ask "By Request" to show them scenes from the University of Kentucky, where they trained, and some shots of Lexington, Kentucky. The program continues with motion pictures of the requested scenes, beginning with the Phoenix Hotel and a theater on the Lexington Main Street. Pedestrians on the side walk and cars parked by the roadside. Keith's Bar and Chop House. Bartenders and waitresses serve beer. A roller coaster, known as the Wildcat (after UK's mascot) at the Joyland amusement park, located on Paris Pike north of town. The University of Kentucky campus. GIs and women soldiers on campus. A sign for the University. Soldiers take pictures by the statue of James Patterson on campus. (Given the lack of foliage on the trees, this film was obviously taken sometime between November and March. ) (World War II period).
Women's Reserve (US Navy WAVES) audience listens and claps during a musical show in the United States. Women reserve sailor WAVES enter into theater in line past billboard of the show. Sheet music of 'Yankee Doodle', 'Tenting on the Old Camp Ground', 'A hot time in the Old Town', and over leaf of 'Over There'. Women sailor audience sits in theater and claps. Women WAVES enter theater in orderly lines, passing a billboard advertising Frank Sinatra.
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