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
Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Lutz, unmarried son Henry, and granddaughter Roberta Jean at home. Benny is a butcher; he also writes hymns and patriotic songs
Lititz, Pennsylvania. The Moravian sewing circle quilts for anyone at one cent a yard of thread and donates the money to the church
Lititz, Pennsylvania. Gauge inspectors at the Animal Trap Company. Right front is Mrs. Julian Bachman, twenty-three, whose husband is in the Army
Neffsville, Pennsylvania. Saying grace before carving the turkey at Thanksgiving dinner in the home of Earle Landis
New York, New York. Midnight mass on Christmas Eve at Saint Dominick's church in an Italian-American neighborhood
New York, New York. Midnight mass on Christmas Eve at Saint Dominick's church in an Italian-American neighborhood
New York, New York. Midnight mass on Christmas Eve at Saint Dominick's church in an Italian-American neighborhood
New York, New York. Italian-American shoemaker who is an air raid warden
New York, New York. Chef in Marconi's Restaurant on Mulberry Street preparing New Year's dinner for the Di Costanzo family, the owners
New York, New York. New Year's Eve in Marconi's Restaurant on Mulberry Street. This Gypsy woman is a habitue of the place. She came in for a bite to eat, and put on an extemporaneous dance to entertain the Di Contanzo's family party
New York, New York. Blowing horns on Bleeker Street on New Year's Day
New York, New York. Blowing horns on Bleeker Street on New Year's Day
New York, New York. Italian-Americans leaving the church of Our Lady of Pompeii at Bleeker and Carmine Streets, on New Year's Day
New York, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Di Costanzo at the bar of their restaurant on Mulberry Street on New Year's Eve
New York, New York. Gypsy woman who is habitue of Marconi's Restaurant on Mulberry Street. She dropped in for a bite to eat New Year's Eve, and did a spontaneous dance to entertain the Di Costanzos family party
New York, New York. Toy department display at R. H. Macy and Company department store during the week before Christmas. The hobby horse above costs almost one hundred dollars
New York, New York. Book department at R. H. Macy and Company department store during the week before Christmas
New York, New York. Sunday dinner in the Martinetti home. He is a restaurant owner who lives in the Bronx. He is one of three partners in a restaurant, it is on lower Fifth Avenue, which caters to businessmen
New York, New York. Sunday dinner in the Martinetti home. He is a restaurant owner who lives in the Bronx. He is one of three partners in the restaurant, it is on lower Fifth Avenue, which caters to businessmen
New York, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Martinetti at Sunday dinner at their home in the Bronx
New York, New York. Martinetti grandchild and her Christmas tree
New York, New York. Martinetti grandchild and her Christmas tree
New York, New York. Merchant seamen's Christmas party at the Andrew Feruseth Club on Christmas day. Merchant seaman who has won boot-full of candy
