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Oregon 1941

Russell Lee, with war on his mind:

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September 1941. "Sign. Seaside, Oregon."

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September 1941. "Traffic on main street of Hermiston, Oregon. Defense boom town housing workers for the Umatilla Ordnance Depot."
[Photos: Shorpy/Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration]

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  1. Richard Avatar
    Richard

    ‘Peiping’ for Peking/Beijing was a new one on me, though it turns out to have been the standard US form until 1949.

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  2. Mick H Avatar
    Mick H

    Yes, I thought that was odd.

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