I’m traveling and working in San Francisco until Wednesday night, so I’ll keep today’s pimping of the Library of Congress’ Commons project on Flickr brief.
FSA photographer Jack Delano shot the above image as part of his documentation of rail yards and workers in the Chicago area in 1942. I love the irregular, octagonal lenses on his glasses. See all Flickr images tagged with Jack Delano here.
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James Lynch, a roundhouse worker, C & NW RR [Proviso yard] Photographer: Jack Delano
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Those look like hexagons to me, but I’m not wearing my contacts either.
They look hexagonal, but they’re are two little sections on each frame where the earpieces and the nosepieces join.