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File:Galveston TX Parking Meter and Hitching Post 1943.jpg

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Description Galveston, Texas, 1943. Parking meter and hitching post. Located on 22nd street, between Strand and Mechanic. The USNB Bank Building, is the tall building in the distance.
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Photo by John Vachon for Farm Securities Administration. Via Library of Congress site at [1]. Converted from TIFF to .jpg and border cropped before upload.
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John Vachon  (1914–1975)  wikidata:Q3182639
 
John Vachon
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John Felix Vachon
Description American photographer, photojournalist, journalist and architectural photographer
Date of birth/death 19 May 1914 Edit this at Wikidata 20 April 1975 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Saint Paul Edit this at Wikidata New York City Edit this at Wikidata
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Public domain This image is a work of an employee of the United States Farm Security Administration or Office of War Information domestic photographic units, taken as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States. See Copyright.
Other versions Uncropped high res TIF: File:Galveston Texas parking meter and hitching post, 1943.tif

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current12:51, 14 June 2021Thumbnail for version as of 12:51, 14 June 20214,187 × 4,164 (6.89 MB)Infrogmation (talk | contribs)same, from much higher res tif now at LOC website.
15:52, 14 September 2008Thumbnail for version as of 15:52, 14 September 2008500 × 491 (96 KB)Infrogmation (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Galveston, Texas, 1943. Parking meter and hitching post. |Source= Photo by John Vachon for Farm Securities Administration. Via Library of Congress site at [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d29230]. Converted from TIFF to .jpg and

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