Series Number	Project	Series Title	Description	Date Taken	Project Dates	OP #	Negatives	Contact Prints	8x10 Prints	Digital #
23.01	Hydrographic	New Orleans Hydrographic Office	WPA white collar workers making punch cards of the hydrographic chart for use eventually in revising pilot charts. A good operator can turn out 1,500 punch cards daily, as compared with some 300 if computed by hand. Both methods are used on the New Orleans project. Interior.	7/26/1938			2	1, 2		1
23.02	Hydrographic	New Orleans Hydrographic Office	Captain W. H. Fagen sitting in private office. Captain Fagen with members of his staff. Interior.	7/26/1938			3	1		2; 3
23.03	Hydrographic	New Orleans Hydrographic Office	Lieutenant R. D. Edwards, U.S.N., newly appointed officer, New Orleans branch, Hydrographic Office. This project handles records and observations collected since 1926. Interior.	7/26/1938			2	1		1; 2
23.04	Hydrographic	New Orleans Hydrographic Office	Second officer W. L. Nickerson "shoots the sun" with a sextant. Exterior.	7/26/1938			2	1		1; 2
23.05	Hydrographic	New Orleans Hydrographic Office	Second officer W. L. Nickerson records his observations. Interior.	7/26/1938			2	1		2

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