John Vachon: In the Heartland: Belief at the Junction

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Small country church located near the town of Junction City, Kansas, 1942 or 1943

Geologist examining cuttings from wildcat well, Amarillo, Texas, 1942 or 1943

De-waxing plant at the Mid-Continent Refinery, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1942 or 1943

Eagle Fruit Store and Capitol Hotel, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1942

Wheat, Pennsylvania, 1943

Old house and fruit stand, Houston, Texas, May 1943

Farmland in Catskill country, New York State, June 1943

Work horses near Junction City, Kansas, 1942 or 1943

Grocery store on Route 74, Ohio, 1942 or 1943

Sulphur vat sixty feet high, Freeport Sulphur Co., Hoskins Mound, Texas, May 1943

Photos by John Vachon (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)