Collection: Marjory Collins - FSA/OWI Jan 1942 - June 1943
The photographs in the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection form an extensive pictorial record of American life between 1935 and 1944. Photographer Marjory Collins was hired by the Office of War Information to photograph American life and support of the war effort. Across some 50 assignments, Ms. Collins captured iconic images of workers, families, and children all along the eastern part of the U.S. Her photos span January 1942 - June 1943 In 1944 Collins worked freelance for a construction company in Alaska before travelling to Africa and Europe on government and commercial assignments. Thereafter she worked mainly as an editor and a writer covering civil rights, the Vietnam War and women's movements. In the 1960s she edited American Journal of Public Health.[1] In the 1980s she moved to San Francisco where she obtained an M.A. in American Studies at Antioch College West. She died in 1985 at the age of 73.[1]
831 photos
New York, New York. Parade of Italian-Americans on Mott Street at a flag raising ceremony in honor of neighborhood boys in the United States Army
New York, New York. Dancing and music on Mott Street at a flag raising ceremony in honor of neighborhood boys in the United States Army
New York, New York. Shoemaker and his wife in the Italian section on Mott Street. Was images in honor of the feast of San Rocco at right
New York, New York. Italian-Americans in the rain watching a flag raising ceremony in honor of the feast of San Rocco at right
New York, New York. Italian-Americans in the rain watching a flag raising ceremony in honor of the feast of San Rocco at right
New York, New York. Flag raising ceremony in the rain in honor of Mott Street boys in the United States Army
New York, New York. Italian-Americans in the rain watching a flag raising ceremony in honor of the feast of San Rocco at right
New York, New York. Italian-Americans in the rain watching a flag raising ceremony in honor of the feast of San Rocco at right
New York, New York. Flag raising ceremony in the rain in honor of Mott Street boys in the United States Army
New York, New York. Italian-American in the rain watching a flag raising ceremony in honor of the feast of San Rocco at right
New York, New York. Italian-Americans in the rain watching a flag raising ceremony in honor of the feast of San Rocco at right
New York, New York. Italian-Americans of Mott Street raising a flag in honor of neighborhood boys in the United States Army
New York, New York. Italian-American cafe espresso shop on MacDougal Street where coffee and soft drinks are sold. The coffee machine cost one thousand dollars
New York, New York. Italian-Americans in the rain watching a flag raising ceremony in honor of neighborhood boys in the United States Army
New York, New York. Italian-American cafe espresso shop on MacDougal Street where coffee and soft drinks are sold. The coffee machine cost one thousand dollars
New York, New York. Looking south from East Houston Street on Sunday
New York, New York. O'Reilly's bar on Third Avenue in the "Fifties"
New York, New York. O'Reilly's bar on Third Avenue in the "Fifties"
New York, New York. O'Reilly's bar on Third Avenue in the "Fifties"
New York, New York. Pennsylvania railroad station
New York, New York. Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station
New York, New York. Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station
New York, New York. Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station
