| Title | : | The New Deal In Color Photographs |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Jeffrey Frank Jones & Edwina Louise Helton |
| Release | : | 2012-05-23 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | U.S. History, Books, History |
| Size | : | 373936312 |
| The 60 plus photographs in this collection form an extensive pictorial record of American life between 1939 and 1944. Photographers working for the U.S. government's Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later the Office of War Information (OWI) between 1939 and 1944 made approximately 1,600 color photographs that depict life in the United States, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The pictures focus on rural areas and farm labor, as well as aspects of World War II mobilization, including factories, railroads, aviation training, and women working. The original images are color transparencies ranging in size from 35 mm. to 4x5 inches. They complement the better-known black-and-white FSA/OWI photographs, made during the same period. Also included at the beginning of this book is the 15 minute 1937 U.S. Government Works Progress Administration film, "We Work Again." This documentary shows the employment of Negroes in Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects. It contrasts scenes of Negroes waiting in breadlines with those employed in Federal work programs such as public building construction, nursery schools and land record indexing. Shows household and health care training programs and general adult education classes. It also shows programs available for Negro artists, musicians, writers and actors. William Lawrence directs an art song group, Juanita Hall leads a spiritual choir and the Negro Theater Unit of the Federal Theater Project presents a scene from Macbeth. |
