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The following images were made by Farm Security Administration/Office of
War Information photographers during World War II and are part of the
famous FSA photography series that I have written about here.
The color photographs–which were made in the first decade or so of
the use of this new medium–represented only about 1,600 of the
collection of 160,000 images in the FSA archive, and are far less known
than their black-and-white complements, many of which are new iconic
symbols for this period. The color images are beautiful works, and
somehow seem to bring these historic images a little closer to the
present.
[Source: the Library of Congress,
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsachtml/fabout.html]
Negro migratory workers by a “juke joint” (?), Belle Glade, Fla.
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer.
Living quarters and “juke joint” for migratory workers, a slack season; Belle Glade, Fla. Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer.
A cross roads store, bar, “juke joint,” and gas station in the cotton plantation area, Melrose, La.
General store, Chacon, N[ew] Mex[ico] Collier, John, 1913-1992, photographer.
General store, near Questa, Taos County, N[ew] Mex[ico]
Collier, John, 1913-1992, photographer.
General Merchandise store, Main Street, Pie Town, New Mexico
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer.
Brockton, Mass., Dec. 1940, second-hand plumbing store Delano, Jack, photographer.
Natchez, Miss. Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer.
Natchez, Miss. Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer.
