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. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. In threading paper through presses two rolls of paper are pasted together by automatic paster so that presses never stop moving
New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. Making up the sports page
New York, New York. Mailroom of the New York Times newspaper. Bundles of papers are carried to trucks for distribution
New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Preparing to thread paper through presses
New York, New York. Mailroom of the New York Times newspaper. Bundles of papers are carried to trucks for distribution
New York, New York. Mailroom of the New York Times newspaper. After arriving on a conveyor from the press room, papers are wrapped in bundles according to orders
New York, New York. New York Times newspapers being loaded on trucks from mailroom
New York, New York. Marine and shipbuilding workers convention. Flynn, a leader of the New Jersey local, addressing the union convention at the Hotel New Yorker
New York, New York. Marine and shipbuilding workers' convention. Union President Green, speaks over shortwave radio to Britain. His speech was answered by shortwave address from a union leader over there
New York, New York. Marine and shipbuilding workers' convention. Delegates applauding
New York, New York. Marine and shipbuilding workers' convention. Delegates applauding
New York, New York. Marine and shipbuilding workers' convention. Speakers' table
New York, New York. Marine and shipbuilding workers' convention. Guest at the speakers' table and union delegates listening to speeches
New York, New York. Marine and shipbuilding workers' convention. Walter Nash, Minister of New Zealand to the United States, speaking about labor situation in his country
New York, New York. Marine and shipbuilding workers' convention. Walter Nash, Minister of New Zealand to the United States, speaking about the labor situation in his country
New York, New York. Marine and shipbuilding workers' convention. President Green addressing the convention
Washington, D.C. The Netherlands Legation. Minister Louden's daughter eating supper in her nusery
New York, New York. Janet and Marie Wynn or Winn (lower left), Czech-American children, climbing on monkey bars in Central Park playground
New York, New York. Janet Winn or Wynn, a Czech-American child, having mid-morning milk in public school; it costs five cents a week
New York, New York. Dr. and Mrs. Winn or Wynn, Janet and Marie, a Czech-American family, playing Chinese checkers while their grandmother knits
New York, New York. Janet and Marie Wynn or Winn, Czech-American children, feeding the ducks in Central Park
Washington, D.C. Under the auspices of the Bureau of University Travel and the National Capital School Visitors' Council, over 200 high school students chosen for their intellectual alertness visited Washington for a week
Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Guardian of the community scrap pile, asleep
