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Collection: 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
606 photos
Courtyard of the Pan American Building, Washington, D.C.
Courtyard of the Pan American Building, Washington, D.C.
Steps of the Pan American Building, Washington, D.C.
Steps of the Pan American Building, Washington, D.C.
Courtyard of the Pan American Building, Washington, D.C.
Garden of the Pan American Building, Washington, D.C.
Front view of the Pan American Union, Washington, D.C.
Front view of the Pan American Union, Washington, D.C.
Wheat, Pennsylvania
A farm, Bethel, Vt.
Farmland along the upper Delaware River in New York state
Farmland along the upper Delaware River in New York state
Farmland along the Delaware River, N.Y.
Church along the Delaware River, N.Y.
Farmland in the Catskill country, in New York State
Farmland in the Catskill Mountains, Richmondsville, N.Y.
Farmland in the Catskill Mountains, Richmondsville, N.Y.
Farmland in the Taconic range, near the Hudson River Valley in New York state
Farmland in the Taconic range, near the Hudson River Valley in New York state
White Mountains National Forest, New Hampshire
White Mountains National Forest, New Hampshire
A view looking northeast from the fire tower manned by Barbara Mortensen, a fire and airplane lookout on Pine Mountain, Gorham vicinity, N.H.
A view looking through the White Mountains from the fire control tower manned by Barbara Mortensen, a fire and airplane lookout on Pine Mountain, Gorham vicinity, N.H. View is to the south