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
Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Truck loaded with scrap metal is weighed on platform scale before being unloaded in wholesale junkyard
Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. "Sleeping" scrap in an attic. This means that these are objects unused by the family and should be contributed in the scrap collecting campaign
Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. "Sleeping" scrap in an attic. This means that these are objects unused by the family and should be contributed in the scrap collecting campaign
Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. This boy keeps stacks of paper, metal and rags in his cellar, ready for a junk dealer to pick up
Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. This mother has found in her closet some metal hangers, which her son will stack in the cellar for contribution in the scrap collecting campaign
Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Old tires in yard of wholesale junk company
Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Torn rubber raincoat found in attic will be used as rubber scrap
Washington, D.C. Window of Recap Tire Corporation, Georgia Avenue
Washington, D.C. Cyclist contributes to rubber salvage pile at Georgia Avenue
Washington, D.C. Empty gas tanks at Esso filling station on the waterfront
Washington, D.C. Window of Recap Tire Corporation on Georgia Avenue
Chevy Chase, Maryland. Serving supper to motorists at a Hot Shoppe on Wisconsin Avenue, just over the District line in Maryland
Washington, D.C. Purchasing beets at the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue
Washington, D.C. Vegetable counter in the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue
Washington, D.C. Fruit counter in the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue
Washington, D.C. Fruit counter in the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue
Washington, D.C. Watering vegetables to keep them fresh in the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue
Washington, D.C. Sleeping in a car on Sunday in Rock Creek Park
Washington, D.C. Deciding whether to buy the small can at twenty-five cents or the large can at sixty-seven cents at the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue
Washington, D.C. Shopper watching the weighing of a chicken in the Giant Food shopping center
Washington, D.C. Inquiring of a salesman why fruit and vegetables have no ceiling price, while coffee does
Washington, D.C. Buying carrots from a shopping list in the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue
Washington, D.C. Checking over purchases while waiting in line to pay the cashier at the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue
