John Vachon: Signs and Wonders

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Sign in beer parlor window, Sisseton, South Dakota, September 1939

Restaurant sign, Omaha, Nebraska, November 1938

Religious sign, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 1939

Children's drawings on wall, Washington, D.C., April 1937

Movie theatre, Washington, D.C., April 1937

Movie poster, Washington, D.C., April 1937

Tattered billboard, Minneapolis, September 1939

Billboard, Woodbine, Iowa, May 1940

Advertising near Mansfield, Ohio, July 1941

Sign painters, Ames, Iowa, May 1940

Signboard, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 1939

Washington, D.C., April 1937

National Association of Manufacturers signboard, Dubuque, Iowa, April 1940

Covington, Kentucky, street corner, 3:33 p.m., September 1939

Sign, October 1940

Sign on US 41, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, July 1941

Sign, late summer 1941

Small town main street, late summer 1941

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