Vachon Collection (#2)

MILKING A COW, 1938. A young girl milking a cow on a farm in Kansas. Photograph by John Vachon, 1938

FARM STRIKE, 1938. A girl in the picket line at the King Farm strike in Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Photograph by John Vachon, August 1938

NEW YORK CITY, 1943. A street cleaner on Washington Street in New York City. Photograph by John Vachon, 1943

NEW YORK CITY, 1943. 42nd Street and 5th Avenue on a rainy day in New York City. Photograph by John Vachon, 1943

GEORGIA: HEALTH CLINIC. A boy being inoculated for typhoid in a clinic at Irwinville Farms, Georgia. Photograph by John Vachon, 1938

NEW YORK: TIMES SQUARE. Billboards in Times Square, New York City. Photograph by John Vachon, 1943

CHICAGO: POLICE, 1941. Mounted police in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by John Vachon, 1941

CHICAGO: STOREFRONT, 1941. Mannequins in the window of a store in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by John Vachon, 1941

PUBLIC HEALTH, 1942. Labeling vaccine bottles at the United States Public Health Service Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton, Montana. Photograph by John Vachon, 1942

INDIANA: FOOD CELLAR, 1940. A woman retrieving goods from her food storage cellar at Wabash Farms, Indiana. Photograph by John Vachon, 1940

IOWA: TRAIN STATION. A man waiting for the train to leave from Dubuque, Iowa. Photograph by John Vachon, April 1940

ILLINOIS: TRAIN STATION. Passengers waiting for the train to Minneapolis at the train station in East Dubuque, Illinois. Photograph by John Vachon, April 1940

GEORGIA: FARMER, 1938. A home supervisor showing Mrs. Pope, a farmers wife, how to keep account book for their farm in Irwinville, Georgia. Photograph by John Vachon, 1938

GEORGIA: FAMILY, 1938. John Pope drinking water in his familys farmhouse in Irwinville, Georgia. Photograph by John Vachon, 1938

GEORGIA: FAMILY, 1938. The Pope family on their farmhouse in Irwinville, Georgia. Photograph by John Vachon, 1938

MINNESOTA: BEER, 1940. Beer advertisements on a truck in Little Falls, Minnesota. Photograph by John Vachon, 1940

BEER WAGON, 1939. A beer wagon in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photograph by John Vachon, 1939

HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND, 1940. High school jazz band practice in Sikeston, Missouri. Photograph by John Vachon, May 1940

CHICAGO: ART INSTITUTE, 1940. Three women leaving the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. Photographed by John Vachon, July 1940

CHICAGO: ART INSTITUTE, 1940. A police officer directing traffic outside the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. Photographed by John Vachon, July 1940

BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN, 1941. A view of Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois. Photographed by John Vachon, July 1941

WISCONSIN: GRAIN ELEVATOR. Great Northern Railway grain elevators in Superior, Wisconsin. Photograph by John Vachon, 1941

MARYLAND: CLASSROOM, 1940. A teacher explaining decimals to seventh grade students in a one-room schoolhouse in Saint Marys County, Maryland. Photograph by John Vachon, 1940

IOWA: DUBUQUE, 1940. Shacks occupied by salvagers on edge of city dump in Dubuque, Iowa. Photograph by John Vachon, 1940

SALVATION ARMY, 1941. Two men eating at a Salvation Army in Newport News, Virginia. Photograph by John Vachon, 1941

IOWA: STATE CAPITOL, 1940. The State Capitol building in Des Moines, Iowa. Photograph by John Vachon, May 1940

IOWA: DES MOINES, 1940. Men sitting on a bench along the Des Moines River, with the State Capitol in the background. Photograph by John Vachon, 1940

NEW ORLEANS: STREET. A street in the black section of New Orleans, Louisiana. Photographed by John Vachon, March 1943

MISSOURI: STRIKE, 1940. Striking employees of Coca-Cola plant in Sikeston, Missouri. Photograph by John Vachon, 1940

MINER STRIKE, 1939. A miners son holding coal salvaged from a slag pile during a coal strike in Kempton, West Virginia. Photograph by John Vachon, May 1939

MINER STRIKE, 1939. Miners sons bringing home coal which they salvaged from a slag pile during a coal strike in Kempton, West Virginia. Photograph by John Vachon, May 1939

MINER STRIKE, 1939. Miners sons collecting coal from the slag pile during a coal strike in Kempton, West Virginia. Photograph by John Vachon, May 1939

MINER STRIKE, 1939. Miners playing cards during a coal strike in Kempton, West Virginia. Photograph by John Vachon, May 1939

FSA SLIDE FILM, c1940. This is GOOD storage. Photograph by John Vachon, from a Farm Security Administration educational slide film, c1940

MINNEAPOLIS: SIGN, 1939. Signs on the home of a religious fanatic in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photograph by John Vachon, September 1939

MINNEAPOLIS: SIGN, 1939. A religious fanatics sign in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photograph by John Vachon, September 1939

GUN FIGHT, 1939. Boys having a toy gun fight in Boscobel, Wisconsin. Photograph by John Vachon, 1939

MONTANA: SHEEP RANCH, 1942. A farmer on a run down sheep ranch in Garfield County, Montana. Photograph by John Vachon in March 1942

WISCONSIN: TOBACCO, 1941. Tobacco farm in Columbia County, Wisconsin. Photograph by John Vachon in August 1941

MARYLAND: FARMERS, 1937. A group a farmers hanging around the marketplace, Annapolis, Maryland. Photograph by John Vachon in November 1937

IOWA: FREIGHT TRAIN, 1940. A boy jumping a freight train, Dubuque, Iowa. Photograph by John Vachon in April 1940

NEBRASKA: TRAVELERS, 1938. Two traveling companions looking for work in Omaha, Nebraska. Photograph by John Vachon in November 1938

REFRIGERATOR, 1938. Interior of an early electric refrigerator in Irwinville Farms, Georgia. Photograph by John Vachon in May 1938

MINNESOTA: IRON MINE, 1941. Miner standing at at one end of the Hull-Rust-Mahoning iron pit. The open pit is two and a half miles long, three quarters of a mile wide and about four hundred feet deep

MIGRANT COUPLE, 1940. Cherry pickers and parents of five children seated on the floor, Berrien County, Michigan. Photograph by John Vachon in July 1940

NEBRASKA: RESERVOIR, 1938. The Sutherland Reservoir, Nebraska. Photograph by John Vachon in October 1938

CHICAGO: BEACH, 1941. Public bathing beach with the Gold Coast in the background, Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by John Vachon in July 1941

LICENSE PLATE, 1940. Cherry pickers Florida license plate with another plate which reads Belle Glade - Her Soil Is Her Fortune on the back of a Plymouth automobile, Berrien County, Michigan

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"Vachon: A Journey Through Time and Place" Step into the captivating world of Vachon, where history unfolds before your eyes. From the iconic San Sebastián Festival in 2012, where Christine Vachon's creative genius shone bright, to the heartwarming tale of Louise Dyson, a Maryland woman navigating life as a borrower in the Farm Service Agency loan program during the 1940s. Travel back to Georgia in 1938 and witness a carefree moment frozen in time - schoolgirls hanging upside down on a playground, their laughter echoing through generations. Then fast forward to Chicago in 1941, where children find solace from summer's scorching heat by cooling off in refreshing water at Ohio Street bathing beach on Lake Michigan. John Vachon's lens takes us deeper into Chicago's soul with glimpses of its hidden alleys and elevated train stations. The city comes alive through his photographs - an urban symphony captured for eternity. And let us not forget Texas; Houston reveals itself through John Vachon's lens as we catch a glimpse of everyday life inside a humble house. Venturing further north to North Dakota in 1940, we encounter an enchanting scene - a rural road intersected by railroad tracks, and is here that John Vachon captures the essence of simplicity amidst vast landscapes. But it is not just places that define this collection; people play an integral role too. Witness mounted police officers patrolling Chicago streets with grace and authority – guardians of order amidst bustling chaos. Vachon invites you on an extraordinary journey across time and space – each photograph whispering stories untold until now. Immerse yourself within these snapshots frozen forever - moments that transcend boundaries and connect us all through shared experiences.