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. Mr. Fing, a Chinese-American merchant, and his wife in their Flatbush home. Notice the rubber tire ashtrays
New York, New York. Chinese-American girl playing hopscotch with American friends outside her home in Flatbush
New York, New York. Chinese grocery store in Chinatown
New York, New York. Chinaman counting on an abacus in a Chinese grocery store in Chinatown
New York, New York. Proprietress of a Jewish weaving shop on Broom Street
New York, New York. Jewish printer in a small shop on Broom Street
New York, New York. Jewish boys sitting on the synagogue steps at night in the Jewish section
New York, New York. Times Square showing U.S. Navy's model battleship recruiting station
New York, New York. Paramount Theater at Times Square, showing bond selling booth
New York, New York. North side of 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
New York, New York. Macy's department store at Herald Square
New York, New York. Looking north on Herald Square
New York, New York. Workers' bookshop in a building on 13th Street between University Place and Broadway, which is the headquarters of the Communist party. No mention of Communism appears in the display or on the building
New York, New York. Workers' bookshop in a building on 13th Street between University Place and Broadway, which is the headquarters of the Communist party. No mention of Communism appears in the display or on the building
New York, New York. Women waiting for an elevated train at 67th Street and Third Avenue station, 8:30 a.m.
New York, New York. Waiting for the Third Avenue elevated train in the "Fifties" at 8:30 a.m.
New York, New York. Grumman Wildcat airplane exhibited at Columbus Circle for bond selling purposes
New York, New York. Third Avenue elevated railway at 18th Street
New York, New York. Central Park lake on Sunday looking east
New York, New York. Central Park lake on Sunday
New York, New York. Fountain at the mall in Central Park, on Sunday
New York, New York. Fountain at the mall in Central Park on Sunday
New York, New York. Bicycle path in Central Park on Sunday, looking south
