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. Cutting beef in the District grocery store warehouse
Washington, D.C. Checking merchandise in the grocery department of the District grocery store warehouse
Washington, D.C. Lincoln Memorial lagoon, showing corridors between temporary war buildings, government workers eating lunch on the grass, and small boys swimming
Washington, D.C. Refrigeration room for meat at the District grocery store warehouse
Washington, D.C. Customers leaving the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue
Washington, D.C. Government workers lunching near the Washington Monument
Washington, D.C. Watermelon vendor at the farmers' market
Washington, D.C. Shelling lima beans at the farmers' market
Washington, D.C. Watermelon vendor at the farmers' market
Washington, D.C. Unloading watermelons at the farmers' market
Washington, D.C. Whisking dust off peaches on sale at the farmers' market
Washington, D.C. Occidental Hotel restaurant on Pennsylvania Avenue at noon
Washington, D.C. Lunchers at the Occidental Hotel restaurant
Washington, D.C. Lunchers at the Occidental Hotel restaurant
Washington, D.C. Government workers lunching and resting in Washington Monument park outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C. Government workers lunching and resting in Washington Monument park outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C. Government workers lunching and resting in Washington Monument park outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C. Dinner hour at the S&W Cafeteria on G Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. U.S. Army Air Corps major about to leave to take over a Libyan bomber command, with a New York department store executive visiting in Washington
Washington, D.C. Government workers lunch outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington Monument park
Washington, D.C. Government workers lunch outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington Monument park
Washington, D.C. Class in car repairs at the Armstrong Technical High School
Washington, D.C. Class in car repairs at the Armstrong Technical High School
