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- 1. IMAGING THE DEPRESSION Photos from the Farm Securities Administration
- 2. The FSA photographers took pictures from the Depression untilWorldWar II began, then worked for the Office ofWar Information until the project stopped operations in 1943. Iconic Images
- 3. Segregation and The South This image of a plantation owner and African Americans in the Mississippi Delta, near Clarksdale, captures the idea of segregation and life in the rural south in 1936. Library of Congress. Digital ID: fsa 8b29713 http://www.loc.gov/pict ures/resource/fsa.8b297 13/
- 4. Migrants and Oakies One of the most famous of the FSA photographs, Dorothea Lang's "Migrant Mother" photograph of 32-year-old Florence OwensThompson taken in Nipomo, California, in early Spring 1935. Library of Congress Digital ID: (digital file from original neg.) fsa 8b29516 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn p/fsa.8b29516
- 5. What can we learn from theTexas FSA photographs?What do they tell us about the period? FSA Photos in Texas
- 6. Negro Preacher, San Antonio “Negro Preacher reading the scriptures to Negro man, San Antonio,Texas.” Russell Lee, March 1939. Digital ID: fsa 8a25667 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn p/fsa.8a25667
- 7. Bob Lemmons, born a slave, Carrizo Springs “Bob Lemmons, Carrizo Springs,Texas. Born a slave about 1850, south of San Antonio,Texas. Came to Carrizo Springs during CivilWar with white men seeking new range for their cattle. In 1865, with his master was one of the first settlers. He knew Billy the Kid, King Fisher, and other noted bad men of the border.” Dorothea Lang, August 1936. Digital ID: fsa 8b29793 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp /fsa.8b29793
- 8. Outhouses in Mexican Neighborhood, Crystal City “Backyard privies of Mexicans. Crystal City, Texas.” Russell Lee, March 1939. Digital ID: fsa 8b21064 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn p/fsa.8b21064
- 9. Mexican Kitchen, San Antonio “Kitchen of Mexican house. San Antonio, Texas.” Russell Lee, March 1939. Digital ID: fsa 8b21086 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn p/fsa.8b21086
- 10. Negro Sharecropper’s Child, Marshall Child of Negro sharecropper. Near Marshall,Texas.” Russell Lee, March 1939. Digital ID: fsa 8b21343 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn p/fsa.8b21343
- 11. Oilfield Worker, Andrews County “Andrews County, Texas. Derrick builders at lunch.” JohnVachon, November 1942. Digital ID: fsa 8d10785 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn p/fsa.8d10785
- 12. The Dust Bowl “Abandoned Farm. Coldwater District, North of Dalhart, Texas.” Dorothea Lang, June 1938. Digital ID: cph 3c25987 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn p/cph.3c25987
- 13. White Migrant Child, Corpus Christi “Child of white migrant in tent home. Corpus Christi,Texas.” Russell Lee, March 1939. Digital ID: fsa 8b21013 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn p/fsa.8b21013
- 14. Pecan Shellers, San Antonio “Mexican pecan shellers. Union plant. San Antonio,Texas.” Russell Lee, March 1939, Digital ID: fsa 8b21316 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn p/fsa.8b21316