Jack Delano was one of those photographers. The following are a sample of some of the 100's of pictures he took during this period. These photographs are now housed at the Library of Congress. Wikipedia Link for Jack Delano.
1940 - Sylvia Sweets Tea Room corner of School & Main streets, Brockton, Massachusetts.
1943 - View of part of the South Water Street freight depot of the Illinois Central Railroad, Chicago, Illinois.
1940 - Trucks outside of a starch factory, Caribou, Aroostook County, Maine.
1943 - Pennsylvania R.R. ore docks, unloading ore from a lake freighter by means of Hulett unloaders, Cleveland, Ohio.
1943 - Freight Depot of the U.S. Army consolidating station, Chicago, Illinois.
1943 - C&NW Railroad, putting the finishing touches on a rebuilt caboose at the rip tracks at Proviso yard, Chicago, Illinois.
1940 - Children in the tenement district, Brockton, Massachusetts.
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I've seen Mr. Delano's photos before, what an incredible collection of images. Many of his subjects were probably so ordinary when the photos were taken, and now they are EXTRAordinary!!
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