04 August 2010
Farm Security Administration photos, 1939-1943
The Faro Caudill family eating dinner in their dugout. Pie Town, New Mexico, October 1940. Reproduction from color slide. Photo by Russell Lee. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Garden adjacent to the dugout home of Jack Whinery, homesteader. Pie Town, New Mexico, September 1940. Reproduction from color slide. Photo by Russell Lee. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Grand Grocery Company. Lincoln, Nebraska, 1942. Reproduction from color slide. Photo by John Vachon. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Rural school children. San Augustine County, Texas, April 1943. Reproduction from color slide. Photo by John Vachon. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
I believe I've posted some of the photos from this set in the past, but the collection is so impressive that I'd like to embed a few more and provide a link for those who enjoy viewing our (recent) past. These are selections from a gallery of 70 photos hosted at the Denver Post. I don't know how long the site will stay up, so if you're interested, you should view it pretty soon.
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Those photos are amazing. I think it's harder to romanticize that time when it's in color. Also interesting to see a TVA dam in progress since I live right down the road from one.
ReplyDeleteeverything I wanted to say djinny already said but it's sooooo true!
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