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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Santa Clara County, California. Motorcycle and Hill Climb Recreation. Breaking the starting tape
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Roseville, Placer County, California. On the Freights. Five o'clock in the morning in Roseville switch yards for freight going over the Sierra
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Hayward, California. Pool Recreation. Mid-afternoon of a sunny Saturday. A typical group of small town high school youths idling in the local pool hall
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Joaquin Valley, California. Contract Labor. The youngest migrant agricultural workers of American stock, and an older man whose sun-beaten face and fishing-rod reveal the patience and fortitude imposed by life as a migrant worker. The young man on the left wears his labor contractor's button in his cap although he has not yet been afforded work. The tobacco tag in his breast pocket indicates that quot;tailormadesquot; are a prohibitive luxury
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Leandro, California. Youth on Relief. Waiting in line for surplus commodities
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Leandro, California. Hitch-Hiking. High school boys thumbing for a local ride to visit friends on a Saturday
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Joaquin Valley, California. On the Freights. Two youngsters aged fifteen and sixteen traveling in the company of an older hobo
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Salinas Valley, Monterey County, California. School Bus
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Junior Employment Service. No job . . . no money . . . no hope . . . no future .
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. McFarland, Kern County, California. Rural youth; Religion. Young men's Sunday School in a Pentecostal church. Their teacher: quot;You belong to God whether you've been saved or not. You live and die for God even if you don't take Jesus, the blood of Jesus, into your heart. Do you think people need comforting today. Jesus is the only one that can comfort you. I don't believe God hears backslidden people or a hypocrite . . .quot;
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Bakersfield, California. On the Freights. One of two migrant boys in California returning to their families in Chickasha, Oklahoma
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Monterey County, California. Rural youth. Mechanization; the agricultural employee. leveling a field. The fellow on the leveller must have an exact eye, perhaps pick up three inches of dirt in one place and distribute it as far as one-hundred yards away. This field was originally so level that no survey lines had to be run and all the leveling was done by eye. The head lights on the cat indicate that though the operators may work only in shifts, the tractor can work day and night--and does
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Lockheed Employment. Newspaper headlines explain this line of prospective aircraft employees at the Lockheed plant
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Lawn Forum. Ed Howden, Chairman, and a student commenting on Roosevelt's foreign policy. The speakers were generally against the policy
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Imperial Valley, California. Miscellaneous. Young migrant's first view of quot;irrigated California.quot;
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Hayward, California. Pool Recreation. A typical small town phenomenon: Saturday in the pool hall. The youths here are of high school age. Though the town in which they live has other recreational facilities--tennis courts, a swimming pool, a baseball field, etc.--the local pool hall is their social center after school and over the weekend
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Lawn Forum. A discussion group formed after the regular forum was over. Students who do not have 1:00 o'clock classes and are vitally interested remain to talk
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Kern County, California. Migrant youth in potato field
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Leandro, California. Youth on Relief. quot;Everytime they got something good, 'ya don't get a chance to get any.quot; He had just discovered that because his father had recently been reinstated on the Work Projects Administration he was no longer eligible for surplus commodities. The quot;something goodquot; was oranges
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Francisco, California. Hanging Around. Out of high school and unemployed. When the future is insecure, the past has a romantic appeal
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Hayward, California. Youth on Relief. Waiting for surplus commodities
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Student Peace Strike. Students listen to the speaker at the Peace Strike
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Tracy, California. Baseball Recreation. Saturday try-outs for the local baseball team
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Student Peace Strike. The students are appreciative though not cheerful about what is said in a Peace Meeting speech
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Student Peace Strike. Students listen to the speaker at the Peace Strike
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Hayward, California. Pool Recreation. Mid-Afternoon of a sunny Saturday. A typical group of small town high school youths idling in the local pool hall
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Lockheed Employment. Cause and Effect. This young man reading the war news holds an application blank for employment in the Lockheed aircraft plant
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Santa Clara County, California. Motorcycle and Hill Climb Recreation. At the start of the course. The going gets even rougher and steeper further on. The crowd in the background is composed almost entirely of young fellows. At the bottom of the hill can be seen the parking area. Besides the automobiles, approximately 200 motorcyclists had come to this Sunday event
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Santa Clara County, California. Motorcycle and Hill Climb Recreation. An apprehensive onlooker. This woman is a motorcycle enthusiast and was among a group which came by way of motorcycle to the hill climb
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Lockheed Employment. The young man on the right wears an old Texaco gas station uniform. He is apparently having difficulty in answering the application questions on education and former employment in a way that will have bearing upon employment in the aircraft industry
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Youth stand in line with oldsters to collect their surplus commodities
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Francisco, California. Hanging Around. Mid-afternoon on the fringe of the downtown district
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Salinas Valley, Monterey County, California. School Bus
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Francisco, California. Hanging Around. quot;Shipping Dayquot; in a Navy enlistment office. These boys are being finger printed and signed up and will be shipped to San Diego within a few hours. Before being finger printed they are told to step out of line if they quot;thinkquot; they have a criminal record. This is their last chance to change their minds about joining the Navy. Enlistment is for six years; it was raised from four years July 1, 1939
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Joaquin Valley, California. Contract Labor. Sixteen years old and the possessor of a labor contractor's button entitling him to work in the fields alongside adults. He expects to work as a pea picker making twenty-five cents a hamper--about two-dollars a day
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Salinas Valley, Monterey County, California. School Bus
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Lockheed Employment. The aircraft industry has a romantic appeal to youth. Fresh out of high school, this boy is having difficulty filling out his previous employment record
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Tehama County, California. On the Freights. Sitting on a load of pipe on a flat car, hat tied on with string, a road map in consulted to determine the distance between points
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. quot;San Joaquin Valley, California - Contract Laborquot;
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. quot;San Leandro, California - Youth on Reliefquot;
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. McFarland, Kern County, California. Rural youth; Religion. Two young migrants in a Pentecostal Church. The adults in the background have been quot;savedquot; and are chanting individual prayers, appealing to a divine saviour to cure their ills and solve their problems
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Constructive Hobby Recreation
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Lawn Forum. Youth listening to youth
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Monterey County, California. Rural youth. Mechanization; the agricultural employee. Twenty years old and a skilled operator of a tractor, this Salinas Valley boy makes a wage of four dollars a day
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Church, Thomas Dolliver. Thomas D. Church collection, 1933-1977.
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California Digital Library |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Student Peace Strike. At the time the University of California Peace Strike was held the regular R.O.T.C. (Reserve Officers' Training Corps) classes practiced marching--notice the posture and the shoes
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Technical High School, Oakland, California. High School Youth. Lunch hour
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Youth on Relief. This young agricultural migrant is buying a second hand hat and shoes in the Oakland Salvation Army store. The National Youth Administration has found that shoes are one of the most important needs of underpriviledged youth and one of the first things they buy with the National Youth Administration's money
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Bakersfield, California. Miscellaneous. These Negro youth are returning to their squalid homes in the Sunset district of Bakersfield
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Hayward, California. Youth on Relief. High School student calling for surplus commodities for his family on relief. He has an National Youth Administration job cleaning up the chemistry laboratory at $10.00 a month. He wanted a Saturday afternoon and Sunday job to provide him with spending money
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Joaquin Valley, California. Contract Labor. The youngest migrant agricultural workers of American stock, and an older man whose sun-beaten face and fishing-rod reveal the patience and fortitude imposed by life as a migrant worker. The young man on the left wears his labor contractor's button in his cap although he has not yet been afforded work. The tobacco tag in his breast pocket indicates that quot;tailormadesquot; are a prohibitive luxury
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Lockheed Employment
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Student Peace Strike. Student Speaker. Introduced as a liberal, he wears a quot;Yanks are not comingquot; Committee button
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Hot Jazz Recreation. A spontaneous jitterbug exhibition in the middle of the dance floor. Benny Goodman concert at the Oakland, California dance hall
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Salinas Valley, Monterey County, California. Piece-time work in peas. A seventeen-year-old boy has his hamper examined by the checker before receiving his ticket that will enable him to collect twenty-five cents on the hamper at the end of the day's work
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Student Peace Strike. quot;The Yanks are not coming.quot; Another slogan was, quot;Let God save the King.quot;
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Leandro, California. Youth on Relief. Relief clients stand in line to get their allotment of surplus commodities. The young fellows in the line have come to get supplies for their families
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Bakersfield, California. On the Freights. [A young hitch-hiker on the train.]
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Lawn Forum. A discussion group formed after the regular forum was over. Students who do not have 1:00 o'clock classes and vitally interested remain to talk
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Student Peace Strike. It is a grim business
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Hot Jazz Recreation. Swing enthusiasts crowd against the band stand at an appearance of the Benny Googman Band in a local dance hall. One of the boys in the foreground has a copy of quot;Hot Jazzquot; by Hughes Panassic
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Between Bakersfield and Fresno, California. On the Freights. Twenty years old and he has been hopping freight cars on the bum for two years
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Between Bakersfield and Fresno, California. On the Freights. A typical hobo cargo riding on a flat car. Twelve are shown in this negative; the car held about fifteen of all types and ages
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Technical High School, Oakland, California. High School Youth. Lunch hour
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Kern County, California. Migrant youth in potato field. This is a characteristic costume of women in the potato fields. This girl came from Oklahoma, but has lived in Kern County long enough to be considered a resident
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Lockheed Employment. Holding their places in the waiting line by making out the preliminary applications standing up
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Aircraft Schools. The dark glasses these boys are carrying indicate they are going to a class in acetylene welding
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Lockheed Testing Program. Crowding in the doorway of the room where Lockheed is testing
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Lockheed Employment. Making out preliminary applications
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Leandro, California. Hanging Around. Twenty years old, his high school education is over and college was never part of his plan. His ambition is to quot;work into somethingquot; in the field of skilled trade. Meanwhile, odd jobs and periods of idleness. Movies provide an escape from his own sense of dislocation is society and his mind is open to their interpretations of life. The movie, quot;The Fighting 69thquot; idealizes war
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Between Bakersfield and Fresno, California. On the Freights. Mixed trio riding a freight. All in their twenties, all in hope of finding employment in the towns for which they were heading, all of them reticent about discussing their origin and their objective
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Hot Jazz Recreation. A spontaneous jitterbug exhibition in the middle of the dance floor. Benny Goodman concert at the Oakland, California dance hall
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Lawn Forum. Ed Howden, Chairman, and a student commenting on Roosevelt's foreign policy. The speakers were generally against this policy
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Hanging Around. Out of high school for a year, their contribution to the family income is wood from a Work Projects Administration Project. quot;You get awful tired hanging around the house alla time, so I thought I'd chop some wood. I've chopped a lot of wood in the last couple of weeks.quot; Neither have had a regular job since getting out of high school
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Modesto, Mariposa County, California. Hitch-Hiking
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Joaquin Valley, California. Contract Labor. From Oklahoma, 22 years old. With idle hands, he sits in the sun of California's San Joaquin Valley waiting for work in one of America's most productive agricultural valleys
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Lockheed Employment. Making out preliminary applications. Appointments for tests will be given later. The waiting line, which is interviewed beginning at 8 a.m., begins to form at 7 a.m. or earlier
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Roseville, Placer County, California. On the Freights. Five oquot;clock in the morning in Roseville switch yards for freight going over the Sierra
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. On the Freights. In person--movie stars, and a Cincinnati youth in the freight yards of Los Angeles
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Monterey County, California. Rural youth. Mechanization; the agricultural employee. Caterpillar treads are dangerous and some quot;cat skinnersquot; develop the habit of mounting to the driver's seat from over the back
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Junior Employment Service. Wanted: white-collar job
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Hayward, California. Pool Recreation. Ten minutes to four by the wrist watch of this high school boy with the cue. In contrast to the gloomy, ill-lit interior of the pool hall, it was a sunny Saturday afternoon outdoors. These two boys were part of a group that had been loafing around the pool hall since about 10:00 that morning. They planned to drift together again the next day and spend their Sunday in the same idle manner
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Bakersfield, California. On the Freights. [Two young men hitch-hiking on a freight.]
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Hanging Around. The total time spent in actual interviews while hunting a job takes only a small part of the day; unwilling to go home these youths spend most of their day hanging around and talking with other job hunters. These groups form because these fellows know each other, having graduated from high school together
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Joaquin Valley, California. Contract Labor. Sixteen years old and the possessor of a labor contractor's button entitling him to work in the fields alongside adults. He expects to work as a pea picker making twenty-five cents a hamper--about two-dollars a day
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Lockheed Testing Program. This young mechanic is stuck with a question in the Humm-Wadsworth Temperament Scalequot; that Lockheed Aircraft Corporation gives all employment applicants
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Lockheed Employment. An appilcant waiting in line with his honorable discharge from the Navy as evidence of vocational training
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Junior Employment Service. quot;I just graduated from high school. I took chemistry . . .quot;
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Leandro, California. Youth on Relief. Waiting in line for surplus commodities
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. McFarland, Kern County, California. Rural youth; Religion. Acne, adnoids and apathy. On his way to a Pentecostal church to hear: quot;I believe the time has come, I believe it is today, that the Jews will be punished . . . Thousands of Jews are dead and dying because they have rejected God . . . We Christian people are not guilty . . .quot;
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Student Peace Strike. About half of the students assembled at the University of California Peace Strike. Most of them have books and they have quot;cutquot; their 11:00 o'clock classes
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Hayward, California. Youth on relief. High School student carrying home surplus commodities for his family on relief. He has an National Youth Administration job cleaning up the chemistry laboratory at $10.00 a month. He wanted a Saturday afternoon and Sunday job to provide him with spending money
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Salinas Valley, Monterey County, California. School Bus
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. On the Freights. Three youths from Cincinnati, Ohio are traveling together
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Aircraft Schools. The busiest and most important shop of any aircraft school is aircraft riveting and sheet metal. Aircraft factories can not get enough trained riveters. Photo taken in Aero Industries Technical Institute--a school sponsored by three of the largest aircraft manufacturers: Lockheed, Northrop, and Consolidated
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Roosevelt High School, Oakland, California. High School Youth. A good smile, a bad set of teeth. High school student taking vocational training in the automobile shop
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Hanging around
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National Archives at College Park |
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Rapoport, Henry. Photographs from the Henry Rapoport papers [graphic].
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UC Berkeley Libraries |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Aircraft Schools. Two boys working on a riveting sampler as a problem on which they will be graded. Riveting is stressed in aircraft training, and a month of these boys' two month courses will be spent in practicing it. The work requires considerable skill and accuracy in the use of the small air-pressure riveter shown here
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Junior Employment Service. Youth without any work experience has a difficult time landing a first job. He is filling out applications
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Roosevelt High School, Oakland, California. High School Youth. The inevitable bottle of quot;popquot; -- the beverage of American youth. Lunch hour at the store across the street from school. These small stores are completely dependent upon student trade
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Santa Clara County, California. Motorcycle and Hill Climb Recreation. This young motorcycle enthusiast is a contestant in the meet
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Student Peace Strike. Army classes meet for drill at the same time that the Peace Strike is held. This student had to quot;cutquot; his R.O.T.C. (Reserve Officers' Training Corps) class--and perhaps receive a lower grade--to attend the Peace Meeting
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Lockheed Employment. Employees at Lockheed must present identification to both army officers and local police
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Lockheed Employment. This man exhibits a maturity and experience that most applicants do not exhibit
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Bakersfield, California. Hitch-hiking. The fourth in a line of thumbers at Bakersfield city limits
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Student Peace Strike. At the time the University of California Peace Strike was held the regular R.O.T.C. (Reserve Officers' Training Corps) classes practiced marching--notice the posture and the shoes
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Salinas Valley, Monterey County, California. School Bus
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Monterey County, California. Rural youth. Mechanization; the agricultural employee. leveling a field with a Caterpillar Diesel Thirty-five
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Santa Clara County, California. Motorcycle and Hill Climb Recreation. Roadside Repair. On the way to the hill climb, this motorcycle party stopped by the roadside while one of the motorcycles was repaired. The girls were pillion seat riders
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Monterey County, California. Rural youth. Mechanization; the agricultural employee. In leveling a field the caterpillar must be kept in an exact straight line on the edge of the tracks already made
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Joaquin Valley, California. Contract Labor. A couple of the quot;li'l fellersquot; from the families living in the labor contractor's camp are begging BB's for an air gun from a sixteen-year-old member of the Copus crew who like their parents is waiting for the promised work to begin
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Technical High School, Oakland, California. High School Youth. Lunch hour
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Hayward, California. Youth on Relief. Looking in his pocket for his surplus commodities card. quot;Not having a job is bad enough, but you keep goin' down and purty soon you're here and the spirit is gone. I turn my face when somebody I know real well comes along the sidewalk. It takes the spirit when you're in here and then you haven't anything left.quot;
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Madera County, California. Hanging Around. Waiting for the movie house to open at 1 p.m. Sunday in the small San Joaquin Valley town of Tulare. The boy is an enrollee of the Civilian Conservation Corp
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Roosevelt High School, Oakland, California. High School Youth. The student body president
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Student Peace Strike. As the Peace Strike broke up at 12:00 o'clock, students sold Pacifist newspapers. This youth is an officer in the R.O.T.C. (Reserve Officers' Training Corps). The button reads, quot;The Yanks are not coming.quot;
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Lockheed Testing Program. Waiting for routine interview before being tested for employment at Lockheed Aircraft factory
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. New York City, New York. Miscellaneous. [Young man selling newspapers.]
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Salinas Valley, Monterey County, California. School Bus
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Student Peace Strike. Speaker Abbot Simon, Secretary of the World Youth Congress
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Hayward, California. Youth on Relief. Getting his surplus commodities card okayed. He came to California two year ago from Kansas, where he had lost his farm. He has a wife and two children and is willing to do any kind of work if he can find it
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Aircraft Schools. Advanced students at Aero Industries Technical Institute working out a sheet metal problem in the commercial repair shop
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Lockheed Testing Program. Standing outside the Oakland office of the State Department of Employment, this fellow is waiting for his routine interview before being tested for intelligence and temperament by Lockheed's personnel manager
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Lockheed Employment. A worried applicant waiting to be interviewed
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Lockheed Employment. Youth on the right are filling out the preliminary application and employment record. Those on the right have formed in line to get an appointment for the routine personnel tests
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Kern County, California. Migrant youth in potato field. Waiting for the potato digger to come around again. This fellow has cleaned up his row and has a chance to rest
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Student Peace Strike. A section of the crowd of students at the Peace Meeting
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Thomas D. Church Collection, 1933-1977
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Environmental Design Archives |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Salinas Valley, Monterey County, California. Piece-time work in peas. Coming in from the field with a full hamper of peas represented approximately an hour's work. An Oklahoma boy, about fifteen years old
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Lockheed Employment. On his way to take the Lockheed intelligence and temperament tests. If his former employment record qualifies him, he may be given special aptitude tests to help place him
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Joaquin Valley, California. On the Freights. Two youngsters aged fifteen and sixteen traveling in the company of an older hobo
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Lockheed Employment. Applicants for employment in the Lockheed plant at 8 a.m. The papers in their hands are the preliminary applications which they are waiting to file. They will take the Lockheed intelligence and temperament tests. Those with a background of mechanical training or experience will receive appointments for special mechanical aptitude tests
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Joaquin Valley, California. Contract Labor. Not many fish in a San Joaquin Valley irrigation ditch, but something to do until the work starts
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Student Peace Strike. Psychology, anatomy and war
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Between Bakersfield and Fresno, California. On the Freights. Hopping a box car in a hurry
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Salinas Valley, Monterey County, California. Piece-time work in peas. A young Oklahoma girl has her hamper looked over by the checker before receiving her ticket for twenty-five cents. Culls are sorted into the hamper to the checker's right. If they amount to more than the level top of the hamper, the picker must return to the field and refill before receiving her ticket
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Fernando, California. Hitch-hiking. This Civilian Conservation Corps boy is returning to camp about thirty miles away after a weekend visit to his family in Los Angeles
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Monterey County, California. Rural youth. Mechanization; the agricultural employee. Checking the oil on a caterpillar tractor. One of the most important parts of a skilled operator's job is the maintenance of his quot;cat.quot;
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Lockheed Testing Program. Standing outside the Oakland office of the State Department of Employment, this fellow is waiting for his routine interview before being tested for intelligence and temperament by Lockheed's personnel manager
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Kern County, California. Migrant youth in potato field. Potatoes are picked, the dirt rubbed off, and put in a sack that is suspended from the waist by a home-made burlap belt
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Student Peace Strike. Students listen to the speaker at the Peace Strike
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Lockheed Employment. Lockheed, like all aircraft plants, is surrounded by heavy mesh wire fence and is protected by the Army and local police. These applicants for employment will be admitted to the plant one at a time to file their applications under the security of a police officer
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Roosevelt High School, Oakland, California. High School Youth. High school graduate who is unemployed and spends his time hanging around the school. All his energies are spent racing around the school in his cut-down, souped-up Ford, particularly during periods when there are students around to watch him
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Monterey County, California. Rural youth. Mechanization; the agricultural employee. This young man is so skillful in operating farm machinery that several farms bid for his services
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Hitch-hiking. A professional job of quot;thumbing.quot; These two boys travel together from one construction job to another all over the West. The careful costume of the thumber with clean shirt, collegiate jacket and polished shoes, is a typical as the city limit sign. These boys said that their ambition was to settle down to a steady job, preferably civil service
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. High School Youth. Notice the identification on the model. Although gas models are limited to one minute per flight by timing devices on the ignition, they sometimes glide long distances
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Kern County, California. Migrant youth in potato field. By the time this digging machine comes down the next row in her section this woman must pick up and clean all the potatoes it has thrown to the surface on this trip
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Student Peace Strike. Perched on a stone urn at Sather Gate. To climb for a better view is characteristic of youth
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Alameda County, California. Miscellaneous. Son of a small farmer, this Portugese [man] works part of the time on his farm and part of the time under a collective arrangement for other farmers
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Aircraft Schools. Correspondence from the National Youth Administration offices in Arizona, Washington and Iowa answering queries from the California National Youth Administration office on the extent of out-of-state advertisement for students to enroll in fly-by-night aircraft schools in San Francisco and Los Angeles
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Student Peace Strike. The crowd gathers until it backs up through Sather Gate
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Kern County, California. Migrant youth in potato field. quot;Okiequot; in a California potato field
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. High School Youth. Two Negro youngsters look over the shoulders of a couple of fortunate enough to own a model plane. The white boys can hope to become aviators
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Partridge, Rondal. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Student Peace Strike. Students listen to the speaker at the Peace Strike
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Niles, California. Miscellaneous. Migrant youth ripping up the boards of an old tent platform in a contractor's camp. The boards will be used in making some sort of a permanent shelter
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Hayward, California. Pool Recreation. Mid-afternoon of a sunny Saturday. A typical group of small town high school youths idling in the local pool hall
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Monterey County, California. Rural youth. Mechanization; the agricultural employee. At the wheel of a farm-all tractor
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Kern County, California. Migrant youth in potato field. Stoop labor by a migratory youth
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Junior Employment Service. Filling out applications. The girls want part time work in domestic service
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Aircraft Schools. Applicants for aircraft training taking the Lockheed personality and intelligence tests. The fee is $2.00
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Leandro, California. Youth on Relief. Taking home a sack of surplus commodities. On this day apples, oranges, flour, lima beans, raisins, and eggs were being given out to relief clients
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Lockheed Employment. Making out preliminary application stating name, address, education, present circumstances and former employment record
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National Archives at College Park |
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Partridge, Rondal, 1917-. Rondal Partridge photographer: a portfolio of prints [graphic].
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California historical society |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. University of California, Berkeley, California. Student Peace strike. quot;The Yanks are not coming.quot;
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Aircraft Schools. Aero Industries Technical Institute is a school formed by three large Aircraft Industries
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Aircraft Schools. Outside the Fletcher School at noon hour. The boy second from the left is wearing a ring with a couple of tool checks on it. These checks have his number on them and are hung on a tool hook whenever he takes a tool for use. He gets his check back when he returns the tool
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. High School Youth. Typical of the youth of this nation is the tipped-up bottle of pop. Also typical is the school store, situated just across the street from the school, which sells candy, coca-cola, and cigarettes and at lunch time, a five-cent plate of beans
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Lawn Forum. Wheeler Auditorium steps where more informal and less intellectual discussions sometime take place between classes
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Bakersfield, California. On the Freights. Two Oklahoma boys headed back home standing on the edge of a flat waiting for the freight to start
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Leandro, California. Youth on Relief. Taking home a sack of surplus commodities. On this day apples, oranges, flour, lima beans, raisins, and eggs were being given out to relief clients
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Hayward High School, Alameda County, California. High School Youth. Typical Italian high school student
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Yuba County, California. On the Freights. He said he quit high school after two years, hung around home for a couple of years, and then got work doing general kitchen help in a hotel
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Lockheed Testing Program. Standing outside the Oakland office of the State Department of Employment, this fellow is waiting for his routine interview before being tested for intelligence and temperament by Lockheed's personnel manager
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Tehema County, California. On the Freights. On a northbound frieght
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Francisco, California. Hanging Around. One of the solutions to getting tired of hanging around. A group accepted navy recruits receiving last instructions before they actually sign up for enrollment. Interviewed, all of them gave as their reason for enlistment, the desire to learn a trade. Most of these boys come from rural areas; one-third of them had discharge papers from the Civilian Conservation Corp
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Joaquin Valley, California. Contract Labor. Sixteen years old and the possessor of a labor contractor's button entitling him to work in the fields alongside adults. He expects to work as a pea picker making twenty-five cents a hamper--about two-dollars a day
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Hayward, California. Youth on Relief. High School student calling for surplus commodities for his family on relief. He has an National Youth Administration job cleaning up the chemistry laboratory at $10.00 a month. He wanted a Saturday afternoon and Sunday job to provide him with spending money
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Aircraft Schools. Class in aircraft die and pattern making. Students wear tan shirts and trousers; the boys in the foreground have the badge of the Aero Industries Technical Institute sewn on their shirt sleeves
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Santa Clara County, California. Motorcycle and Hill Climb Recreation. His first hill climb. The fellow on the left is fiixing the gear shift for him while the other is explaining how to take the bumps. The man with the goggles is wearing a shirt of a local motorcycle club
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Bakersfield, California. On the Freights. Looking for an empty [freight train car]
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. On the Freights. Three youths from Cincinnati, Ohio are traveling together
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Hitch-hiking. Typical quot;teenagequot; hitch-hiker within the city limits
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Roosevelt High School, Oakland, California. High School Youth. Graduated from high school in June 1939, this boy had not yet been employed by May 1940. Unlaunched into a new life, he has returned to the high school library to kill time reading current periodicals and to feel again the familiar and secure surroundings of an environment in which he formerly was at ease. Behind him is a rack of occupational pamphlets issued by the National Youth Administration
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Alameda County, California. Miscellaneous. Son of a small farmer, this Portugese [man] works part of the time on his farm and part of the time under a collective arrangement for other farmers
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Leandro, California. Youth on Relief. Youth stands in line with oldsters to collect their surplus commodities
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Monterey County, California. Rural youth. Mechanization; the agricultural employee. A local Salinas Valley youth, skilled in mechanical operation. Graduated from high school January 1940, he has been steadily employed ever since as a tractor operator
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Hayward High School, Alameda County, California. High School Youth. Typical quot;fool-aroundquot; high school youth
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Tracy, California. Baseball Recreation. Catch! Try-outs for the town baseball team
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Lockheed Employment. Eight o'clock in the morning, the end of the line of applicants for employment in the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Note the way the lawn has been worn bald along the edge of the sidewalk. It is because employees coming to work use the sidewalk, the applicants keep in line on the fringe of the lawn
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Aircraft Schools. Waiting to be called for aircraft employment from the aircraft school. He has passed the Lockheed temperament and intelligence tests and completed a two month's course at Fletcher School, as training
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. quot;San Joaquin Valley, California - Contract Labor - This scene is near the camp of a labor contractorquot;
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Hot Jazz Recreation. A crowd of young people at the concert of the Benny Goodman Band which took place in a local dance hall
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Lawn Forum. Questions from the audience during the University of California Law Forum. Students soon get the spirit of the Lawn Forum and ask pointed questions
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Santa Clara County, California. Motorcycle and Hill Climb Recreation. This contestant watches another attempt the climb. He wears a sweater which bears his motorcyle's trade name
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Lockheed Testing Program. One brief newspaper article and youth of all ranges of mechanical ability, temperament and intelligence crowd the State Employment Service
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Bakersfield, California. Hitch-hiking. At the end of the city limits of Bakersfield, four hitch-hikers spread out evenly to give one another an individual opportunity according to the ethics of quot;thumbing.quot;
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. San Fernando, California. Hitch-hiking. This Civilian Conservation Corps boy is returning to camp about thirty miles away after a weekend visit to his family in Los Angeles
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. High School Youth. General overhaul after a landing in the bay
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National Archives at College Park |
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Roosevelt High School, Oakland, California. High School Youth. The speed burner owner of a cut-down, souped-up car, this youth is a high school graduate who has become a hanger-on around the school premises. He spent the entire noon hour driving rapidly and noisily around the school. quot;He went downtown this morning and said he was going to work, but I don't see how he makes any money when he comes back at eleven o'clock. Gee, you oughta see him burn up the corners.quot; -- student bystander
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Aircraft Schools. Part of the graduating class of the Fletcher School in Los Angeles. Their applications are in the Lockheed offices and they have returned to the school and are waiting for a call for employment. Ninety-six percent of the student graduates of this school are employed in a few days
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Berkeley, California. University of California Student Peace Strike. A member of the quot;Yanks are not comingquot; committee listens with doubt to the speakers his committee has sponsored
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. High School Youth. Two boys with their model airplanes. Aviation to them is a romantic business. They store up large funds of knowledge about real planes as well as models and can usually tell a plane's year and make at a glance. Their knowledge of aero-dynamics is quite extensive
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Bakersfield, California. On the Freights. Helping a newcomer hop a freight
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Oakland, California. Hitch-hiking. Thumbing is used as a means of transportation within city limits. Although within walking distance these boys were thumbing for a ride to Montgomery Wards where they were going to get automobile parts
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Los Angeles, California. Aircraft Schools. Boys training as maintenance men at Aero Industries Technical Institute. They are doing an actual repair job riveting on the hull of an amphibian. In the background is Bernarr Mac Fadden's Seversky
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Records of the National Youth Administration. 1934 - 1945. Study of Youth Photographs. 1940 - 1940. Santa Clara County, California. Motorcycle and Hill Climb Recreation. About 18 years old, and one of the most daring motorcylcle riders at the meet. He wears his own name on his sweater, and has a crash helmet fitted over his regular leather helmet. Crash helmets are made of steel or a composition of Balsa wood lining
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