Saturday, June 1, 2013

Hains Point & Cycling, 1942

The Library of Congress has some photographs in its U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information (FSA/OWI) collection from 1942 that are in the public domain, including these of cyclists on a weekend in June or July of 1942 on Haines Point.

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Title: Washington, D.C. Sunday cyclists at Haines Point
Creator(s): Collins, Marjory, 1912-1985, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1942 June-July
Medium: 1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa2000056827/PP/

Cyclists at Haines Point, 1942
Title: Washington, D.C. Sunday cyclist at Haines Point
Creator(s): Collins, Marjory, 1912-1985, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1942 June-July
Medium: 1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa2000056798/PP/

Bicycling on Haines Point, 1942
Title: Washington, D.C. Bicycling on Sunday at Haines Point
Creator(s): Collins, Marjory, 1912-1985, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1942 June-July
Medium: 1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa2000056795/PP/

Oddly the Library of Congress records all refer to Hains Point as "Haines Point."

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Riders I saw today at Hains Point

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Sharing the road with cars on Hains Point

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