Memories
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From the Great Depression to World War II - photos from the American Memory collection

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DONNA LAFRAMBOISE aka TripodGirl The American Memory collection contains more than 162,000 images taken between 1935 and 1944 by government-hired photographers. If you were to look at 100 of them per day, every day, you'd need more than four years to view them all. As a photographer, I consider these images nothing short of wondrous. This blog showcases some of them. |
January 2, 2009
December 30, 2008
Good Times

Photo by Russell Lee.
Labels: boy, boys, dance, dancing, girl, girls, Junior Chamber of Commerce, music, Russell Lee, Texas
December 29, 2008
Swing Your Partner

Photo by Russell Lee.
Labels: dance, dancing, girl, girls, music, New Mexico, party, Russell Lee, square dance, woman, women
December 26, 2008
Slipping & Sliding

Photo by Jack Delano.
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to locate this image, use search terms: sledding, children
Labels: boy, boys, Connecticut, girl, girls, Jack Delano, sled, snow
December 25, 2008
Christmas Child

Photo by Marjory Collins.
Labels: Bronx, Christmas, girl, girls, Marjory Collins, New York
December 24, 2008
Nativity

Photo by John Collier.
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to locate this image, use search terms: Taos, Christmas
Labels: angels, boy, boys, Christmas, girl, girls, John Collier, nativity, New Mexico
December 22, 2008
Checking It Twice

Childen in rural Idaho. October, 1939.

Photos by Dorothea Lange.
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[American Memory link]
to locate these images, use search terms: fruitland, children
Labels: Checking It Twice, Dorothea Lange, girl, girls, Idaho, mail, mail box
December 16, 2008
10 People, 3 Small Rooms

The family lives in what is described as "three small rooms, with no bath...They use an outside toilet shared with five other families." In addition to the eight children in this photo, another is on the way.
(photographer: Russell Lee)
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to locate this image, use search terms: two adults, eight children
Labels: 10 People 3 Small Rooms, boy, boys, California, girl, girls, man, men, Mexican section, Russell Lee, San Diego, woman, women