Titles
- FSA-OWI B & W Photographs
- Black And White Photographs From The FSA-OWI, 1935-1945
- American Memory
Attribution
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of CongressPublication Details
E-ResourcePrints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress1998Availability
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Subject
- Depressions — 1929 — United States — Pictorial works — Electronic information resource
- Documentary photography — United States — History — 20th century — Electronic information resource
- United States — History — 1933-1945 — Pictorial works — Electronic information resource
- United States — Rural conditions — Pictorial works — Electronic information resource
- United States — Social life and customs — 1918-1945 — Pictorial works — Electronic information resource
- LAMSON LIBRARY LINKS TO ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCES
Notes
- Offered as part of the American Memory online resource compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress
- "The U.S. government photography project was headed for most of its existence by Roy E. Stryker."
- Over 160,000 black and white photographs dating from 1935- 1945. The Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Photograph Collection include scenes of rural and small-town life, migrant labor, and the effects of the Great Depression. In the later years the photographs documented the mobilization effort for WWII and portrayed aircraft manufacturing, military training, and the nation’s railroads
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
Contents
- Documenting America: Photographers on assignment
- Selected FSA images: popular requests and staff selections
- Portrait sampler of FSA Photographers
- About the collection
- Bibliography and related websites
- Collection connections
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