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. Train gate at the Pennsylvania railroad station
New York, New York. Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station
New York, New York. Stairway from concourse to 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
New York, New York. Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station
New York, New York. Waiting for the trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station
New York, New York. Waiting for the trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station
New York, New York. Waiting for the trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station
New York, New York. Waiting for the trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station
New York, New York. Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station
New York, New York. Irish-American bartender serving beer to British sailors in a Third Avenue bar in the "Forties"
New York, New York. Stairway from trains to the concourse at the Pennsylvania railroad station
New York, New York. Waiting room at the Pennsylvania railroad station
New York, New York. Information booth at the Pennsylvania railroad station
New York, New York. Draftees on their way to the induction center at the Pennsylvania railroad station
New York, New York. Rabbi in the Jewish section passing the time of day with the proprietor of a kosher wine shop where sacrificial wines are sold
New York, New York. Jewish weaving shop on Broom Street
New York, New York. Window of a Jewish religious shop on Broom Street
New York, New York. Fish store in the Jewish section
New York, New York. Fish store in the Jewish section
New York, New York. Sidewalk merchant in the Jewish section
New York, New York. Sidewalk merchant in the Jewish section
