New Britain, Connecticut. A child care center, opened September 15, 1942, for thirty children, age two to five, of mothers engaged in war industry. The hours are 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. six days per week. Children painting and coloring (LOC)

We’ll be back with another set of photographs next week, but in the meantime, perhaps you’ll take inspiration from photos in our recent Picture This blog post, “Child Artists at Work.”

 

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Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006, photographer.

 

New Britain, Connecticut. A child care center, opened September 15, 1942, for thirty children, age two to five, of mothers engaged in war industry. The hours are 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. six days per week. Children painting and coloring.

 

1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.

 

1943 June.

 

Notes:

• Title and other information from caption card.

• Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

• More information about the group of photographs from which this one comes is available at: www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/coll/item/2004677846/

• More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

 

Subjects:

United States--Connecticut--Hartford County--New Britain.

 

Format:

Nitrate negatives.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs (www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html)

 

Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d30782

 

Call Number: LC-USW3-031886-E [P&P]

 

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