Stripes and Shovels

Convicts and their guard, 1941 Georgia.

Photo by Jack Delano. [American Memory link]

Smokescreen

One spooky image. "Soldier of a cavalry rifle unit going through a smokescreen during a field problem" - at an army training base in Kansas.

Photo by Jack Delano, 1942. [American Memory link]

Target Practice

Washington D.C. - October 1943. The caption accompanying this photo reads: "Walter Spangenberg practicing with a rifle at Woodrow Wilson High School." These days, metal detectors attempt to keep guns out of schools.

Photo by Esther Bubley. [American Memory link]

Deer Hunter

A hunter with his prize. When this photo was taken in 1937, the deer would have represented a significant number of meals at a time when meat was more expensive than it is today.

Taken in Pennsylvania by Arthur Rothstein. [American Memory link]