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. Sunday croquet game in Central Park
New York, New York. Looking south on Third Avenue from the 59th Street (Bloomingdale's) station at 8:30 a.m.
New York, New York. Irish-American policeman in Central Park
New York, New York. Artist in Central Park near the lake
New York, New York. Bridge over Central Park lake
New York, New York. A bum on the Bowery at 14th Street and Third Avenue who claimed to be a Scotch comedian
New York, New York. Pony riding in Central Park
New York, New York. Drinking fountain in Central Park on Sunday
New York, New York. Entrance to the Central Park Zoo on Sunday
New York, New York. Outside the Central Park restaurant on Sunday
New York, New York. Central Park lake on Sunday
New York, New York. Fountain on the mall in Central Park on Sunday
New York, New York. Fountain on the mall in Central Park on Sunday
New York, New York. The mall restaurant in Central Park on Sunday
New York, New York. Central Park common on Sunday
New York, New York. Looking north from the 9th Street station on the Third Avenue elevated railway as a train leaves on the local track
New York, New York. Looking north from the Ninth Street station on the Third Avenue elevated railway as a train leaves on the local track
New York, New York. Waiting in line for rowboats at the Central Park lake boat house on Sunday
New York, New York. Sunday bench sitters in front of the Central Park Zoo restaurant
New Yrok, New York. Sunday bench sitters in front of the Central Park Zoo restaurant
New York, New York. Children lined up for their turn at pony rides in Central Park on Sunday
New York, New York. Bridge over Central Park lake, Sunday
New York, New York. The Bowery about 10 p.m.
