What's wrong with this picture? Only that the lady is ruining her electric cord by disconnecting the toaster the wrong way. Don't pull cords from irons or toasters: disconnect them gently at the wall socket
- Date
- 1942-02
- Photographer / author
- Related Names: United States. Office for Emergency Management.
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 1,024 × 771 pixels
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Reason: a US government work (Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information).
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"What's wrong with this picture? Only that the lady is ruining her electric cord by disconnecting the toaster the wrong way. Don't pull cords from irons or toasters: disconnect them gently at the wall socket" (1942-02). Related Names: United States. Office for Emergency Management.. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:What%27s_wrong_with_this_picture_8e10761v.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 127143.
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