Post-Depression Era Color
Grace was said before the barbeque was served at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair by Russell Lee
This morning's Times has an altogether too short article on a new Library of Congress exhibit of post-Depression era color photography. The exhibit (details seems to be missing from the LoC Web site) includes 80 photographs from the Farm Security Administration and the Office of War Information so subjects are confined to industry and rural life, with many bombastic captions that strain modern credulity. The LoC archive site contains many more photos than are on display in the exhibit and most are downloadable as high resolution files. Check out a few favorites by Alfred T. Palmer, Arthur Siegel, and Russell Lee (also above).
Through Nov. 26 at Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress
10 First Street SE, Washington, D.C.
(202) 707-8000
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Howdy!
There was a piece in the May 9th, 2004 NYTimes about the book "Bound for Glory: America in Color 1939-43." You might be interested in this:
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2004/05/07/magazine/20040509PORT_SLIDESHOW_1.html
and this:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsachtml/fsowhome.html
for more images
Thanks. I had the second link in my post and I vaguely remember the other Times article back in May. Russell Lee's work is the standout from this collection, in my opinion.