Street in industrial town, Mass., Dec. 1940—Jan. Is a photograph by Jack Delano. It measures seven inches tall by ten inches wide. It is in landscape orientation, meaning that it is wider than it is tall.This photograph was taken by Jack Delano between December 1940 and January 1941, showing a street in an industrial town in Massachusetts, during a pivotal moment both in American history and his own career as a Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographer. Delano was documenting urban and rural America for the FSA with the directive to “shoot everyday life.”The focal point is “Sylvia Sweets Tea Room,” a corner restaurant that exemplifies the typical mid-20th century diner aesthetic. It features the era’s characteristic large plate glass windows that wrap around the corner for maximum street visibility, bold horizontal signage with clean lettering advertising “Luncheon – Dinners,” “Fountain Service,” and “Full Course” meals, and a striped awning. You can also spot a street sign for “School St” and various small advertisements or price signs in the restaurant windows.Above the restaurant, there’s a multi-story brick building housing the “Ceci Wainwright Law Office” – as there are multiple windows with this business name repeated in gold lettering across the upper floors.The street scene includes several people in period dress- men in dark wool overcoats and fedora or trilby hats, while the women wear the era’s typical A-line or fitted coats that hit mid-calf. The wet pavement and cloudy sky suggest recent rain, which adds to the moody, film noir-like quality of the photograph. The lighting and composition give this image a very cinematic quality that perfectly captures the urban American atmosphere of this crucial moment in 1941.