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العربية: سبيل مياهٍ عند محكمة مُقاطعة هاليفاكس (كارولينا الشماليَّة) خلال شهر نيسان (أبريل) 1938. بُنيت أولى المحاكم في هاليفاكس سنة 1759. وفي سنة 1847، استُبدلت المحكمة الأولى بِأُخرى، وقد استُبدلت هذه بِدورها بِمحكمةٍ ثالثةٍ سنة 1910 أُقيمت مكان المحكمة الثانية. هذه الصُورة المُلتقطة سنة 1938 تُظهرُ المحكمة الثالثة. انظر Crittenden, Charles Christopher (1938) The historical records of North Carolina, 2, The North Carolina Historical Commission, pp. 235 Retrieved on 10 May 2009. A stone marker presently stands on the courthouse lawn where the photographed drinking fountain resided.
English: Drinking fountain on the Halifax County Courthouse (North Carolina) in April 1938. The first Halfax county courthouse was built in 1759. In 1847, the first courthouse was replaced by, a second, which itself was replaced in 1910 by a third courthouse erected on the site of the second courthouse. The 1938 photo of the drinking fountain on the county courthouse lawn photo is of the 1910 courthouse. See Crittenden, Charles Christopher (1938) The historical records of North Carolina, 2, The North Carolina Historical Commission, pp. 235 Retrieved on 10 May 2009. A stone marker presently stands on the courthouse lawn where the photographed drinking fountain resided.
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Author
John Vachon  (1914–1975)  wikidata:Q3182639
 
John Vachon
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John F. 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, Minnesota New York City
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Other versions Restored version of Image:Segregation 1938.jpg cropped, scratches and artifacts removed, denoised, and histogram adjusted.
Camera location36° 19′ 43.92″ N, 77° 35′ 22.2″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo 36.328867; -77.589500
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse
Public domain This image is a work of an employee of the United States Farm Security Administration/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.

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