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Boys trained in the fundamentals of navigation may become technicians in the armed service, Los Angeles, Calif. Thomas Graham, a member of the Victory Corps at Polytechnic High School, is learning to use a sextant to determine longitude and latitude

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WWII color photographs. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color Photographs from the Library of Congress. The original images are color transparencies ranging in size from 35 mm. to 4x5 inches. Photographers working for the U.S. government's Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later the Office of War Information (OWI) between 1939 and 1944 made approximately 1,600 color photographs that depict life in the United States, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The pictures focus on rural areas and farm labor, as well as aspects of World War II mobilization, including factories, railroads, aviation training, and women working.

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los angeles polytechnic high school navigation world war schools vocational education california los angeles transparencies color east los angeles boys fundamentals technicians service thomas graham thomas graham member victory corps victory corps polytechnic school polytechnic high school sextant longitude latitude american workers in color economic and social conditions workers worker kodachrome high school united states history library of congress
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01/01/1939
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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
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American Workers in Color

WWII color photographs.
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Los Angeles, California, United States ,  34.05223, -118.24368
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los angeles polytechnic high school navigation world war schools vocational education california los angeles transparencies color east los angeles boys fundamentals technicians service thomas graham thomas graham member victory corps victory corps polytechnic school polytechnic high school sextant longitude latitude american workers in color economic and social conditions workers worker kodachrome high school united states history library of congress