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
Constantine (vicinity), Algeria. A Red Cross clubmobile serving doughnuts and coffee to the crew of a bomber just returned to the airport from a dangerous mission
Tunis, Tunisia. French troops passing the reviewing stand in the Allied victory parade along Avenue Gambetta as American planes fly overhead in a show of Allied might
Tunis, Tunisia. French troops passing the reviewing stand in the Allied victory parade along Avenue Gambetta as American planes fly overhead in a show of Allied might
New York, New York. The Lincoln School of Teachers' College, Columbia University. Sixth-grade pupil sketching out a mural of football players to be used as a decoration for the hallway in the school designated as an air raid shelter
Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. At 6:35 am the Casey children walk to the legation gate to wait for a school bus
Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. Mrs. Casey, wife of the minister, a good amateur artist, finishing a poster for ANZAC week, watched by her son
Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. Mr Casey, minister from Australia, conferring with the naval attache
Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. Minister Casey in his chancery office. Mrs. Casey painted the picture
Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. Mrs. Casey, wife of the minister, examining a globe with her son and daughter
Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. The son of minister Casey boarding a school bus. The legation can be seen in the background
Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. The mail room
Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. Mrs. Casey and her daughter Jane in front of the legation
Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. Mrs. Casey, wife of the minister, learns typing in her spare time. She painted the picture on the wall which depicts her family at their Australian farm
Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. Minister Casey reading the newspaper to his dayghter Jane
