1960 · Census Taker's Credential · Werk 713 von 1.871

The issuing table of a district census office in an American town in March 1960, in the foreground an open shallow cardboard carton holding several hundred small identification cards in clear plastic holders standing upright on their long edges in tight rows, seen from above and along the rows so that only their top edges show as fine stripes of dark blue, cream and red, each holder with a small steel safety pin on its back, beside the carton a pile of canvas satchels and a stack of clipboards with sheets as a pale grid of lines, the hands of a woman clerk in a pastel cardigan lifting one holder by its pin with its back toward the lens, behind the table folding chairs with coats over them and a row of waiting women and men seen from behind, linoleum floor, daylight from a storefront window.
Was die Quellen offenlassen: Zum Abzeichen selbst nennen die Quellen keine Neuerung.