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. Merchant seamen's Christmas party at the Andrew Feruseth Club on Christmas day. Merchant seamen at the party
New York, New York. Merchant seamen's Christmas party at the Andrew Feruseth Club on Christmas Day. Merchant seamen at the party
New York, New York. Martinetti grandchild and her aunt at the Christmas tree. The pin indicates that her uncle is in the United States Army
New York, New York. Turkish-American and his wife who own a nightclub on Allen Street. Their son is in the United States Army
New York, New York. Martinetti grandchild and her Christmas tree
New York, New York. Martinetti's daughter and granddaughter examining a bond the child received for Christmas
New York, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Romano dressing their month-old baby for bed
New York, New York. Italian-American children buying stamps and bonds at Public School eight on King Street from mothers who volunteer to guard doorways and perform other duties in schools under the school defense aid program
New York, New York. Children waiting in line to buy defense stamps at public school from mothers who volunteer to guard doorways and perform other duties in schools under the school defense aid program
New York, New York. Children waiting in line to buy defense stamps at public school from mothers who volunteer to guard doorways and perform other duties in schools under the school defense aid program
New York, New York. Italian-Americans in fourth grade at Public School Eight
New York, New York. Jewish owner of a grocery store on Mulberry Street
New York, New York. Laying out portions of freshly-made green and white noodles in the kitchen of the Sixty-Eight restaurant on Fifth Avenue at Thirteenth Street. Each pile represents a portion
New York, New York. Kitchen worker making antipasto at Sixty-Eight restaurant on Fifth Avenue at Thirteenth Street
New York, New York. Italian-American boys at the Sullivan Street depot separating scrap which they have collected. Each kind of scrap goes into a separate pile
New York, New York. Italian-American policeman chatting with customers in a grocery store on Mulberry Street
New York, New York. Waiter at the Sixty-Eight restaurant on Fifth Avenue at Thirteenth Street
New York, New York. Garment worker in the N.M. dress shop, which is now making blouses for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). He is a member of local 89 of the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union
New York, New York. Child on Mott Street on Sunday
New York, New York. Garment worker in the N.M. dress shop, which is now making blouses for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). He is a member of local 89 of the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union
New York, New York. Garment worker in the N.M. dress shop, which is now making blouses for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). He is a member of local 89 of the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union
New York, New York. Ice man on Mott Street
New York, New York. Jewish worker in the N.M. dress shop which is now making blouses for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). She is a member of local 89 of the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union
