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Photos: Yale Releases Nearly 6,000 Pictures Of D.C. During The Depression
I had problems linking to the website, but when I entered http://photogrammar.yale.edu/about/fsa_owi/ directly, I got through.
If I'm not mistaken, the photographs have been online for quite some time. I think what's new about this site is the indexing.
Photos: Yale Releases Nearly 6,000 Pictures Of D.C. During The Depression
by Emma G. Gallegos in Arts & Entertainment on Oct 6, 2015 1:35 pm
September 1935: "Typical slum area. Note dome of Capitol"
Photo by Carl Mydans)
Yale has released a trove of 170,000 photos that offer an unvarnished view of what the United States looked like during the Depression. The Farm Security Administration sent out a fleet of photographers to document the United States that included Dorothea Lange, whose haunting portraits from the Dust Bowl became iconic. Thanks to Yale, you can now you can easily sort through all these photos by date, geography and photographer. There are nearly 6,000 from D.C. alone.
We've only begun to scratch the surface of the collection. There are photos that show people from all walks of life: tourists at the Washington Monument, a peanut seller in front of the White House, government workers, middle-class suburbs, and life amidst poverty.
September 1935: "Typical slum area. Note dome of Capitol"
Photo by Carl Mydans)
Yale has released a trove of 170,000 photos that offer an unvarnished view of what the United States looked like during the Depression. The Farm Security Administration sent out a fleet of photographers to document the United States that included Dorothea Lange, whose haunting portraits from the Dust Bowl became iconic. Thanks to Yale, you can now you can easily sort through all these photos by date, geography and photographer. There are nearly 6,000 from D.C. alone.
We've only begun to scratch the surface of the collection. There are photos that show people from all walks of life: tourists at the Washington Monument, a peanut seller in front of the White House, government workers, middle-class suburbs, and life amidst poverty.
