FSA/OWI Color Transparencies

Photographers working for the U.S. government's Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later the Office of War Information (OWI) between 1939 and 1944 made approximately 1,600 color photographs that depict life in the United States, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The pictures focus on rural areas and farm labor, as well as aspects of World War II mobilization, including factories, railroads, aviation training, and women working. The original images are color transparencies ranging in size from 35 mm. to 4x5 inches. They complement the better-known black-and-white FSA/OWI photographs, made during the same period

Southern U.S.
1940

Southern U.S.

Typical southeastern Georgia farm with newly harvested field of oats
1939

Typical southeastern Georgia farm with newly harvested field of oats

Cabin in southern U.S.
1940

Cabin in southern U.S.

Cabin in Southern U.S.
1940

Cabin in Southern U.S.

Cabin in Southern U.S.
1940

Cabin in Southern U.S.

House in southern U.S.
1940

House in southern U.S.

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FSA/OWI Color Transparencies