Spectators

It's impossible to know the emotions of these women as they gaze over the fence at the amusement park. Curiosity? Longing? Childhood reminiscence?

Photo by Fenno Jacobs. Southington, Connecticut. 1942.

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Slipping & Sliding

Children with a sled. Jewett City, Connecticut. 1940.

Photo by Jack Delano.

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