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]
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New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times department. Finished papers come out of cutting and folding machine on rapidly moving belt. Every fiftieth is automatically slated to facilitate counting
New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Pressman reading first edition as it comes off presses on conveyor, to detect defective press work
New York, New York. Recording room of the New York Times newspaper. Overseas shortwave telephone operators receive messages from Berne, Switzerland, and Honolulu. Other places have been cut off since the war
New York, New York. Photographic department of the New York Times newspaper. The Times syndicates its photographs all over the world; sends some by clipper to Europe daily
New York, New York. Art department of the New York Times newspaper. Cartographer consults key maps filed for reference in making maps for paper. This man here during last war; claims he can keep at least two countries ahead of the war
New York, New York. Art department of the New York Times newspaper. Cartographer makes map from key maps
New York, New York. Wire room of the New York Times newspaper. Copy boys mimeograph all incoming dispatches which are then passed through slot into newsroom
New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Putting plates into presses before they start rolling
New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Casting of plates from mats in Autoplate machine
New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Numbering cast plates with page numbers for identification
New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Placing plates on cylinder of press
New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. Linotype operators
New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. Notices for type style changes in words such as WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corp) and FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. Linotyper's hands
New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Transporting rolls of paper to presses. Each roll weighs about 1700 lbs pounds and will make about 1300 newspapers
New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Transporting rolls of paper to presses. Each roll weighs about 1700 lbs pounds and will make about 1300 newspapers
New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. Paper mat is made in "rock crusher" and inked for visibility
New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. As make-up of each page is completed, time is marked up on board
New York, New York. Mailroom of the New York Times newspaper. Papers come from the pressroom on a conveyor
New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. Times daily index to the news is set partly by hand. This man has been doing it for fifteen years
New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. Making up the sport page
New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. Page make-up
