A Southern Illinois Album Farm Security Administration Photographs, 1936-1943 |
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Author:
| Russell, Herbert K. |
Foreword by:
| Hurley, F. Jack |
Series title: | Shawnee Bks. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8093-1589-5 |
Publication Date: | Feb 1990 |
Publisher: | Southern Illinois University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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Life on the road was anything but glamorous for Farm Security Administration photographers. Their job was to help "explain America to Americans" by photographing the one-third of the nation FDR described as "ill-housed, ill-clad, and ill-nourished." Featured in this book are more than one hundred photographs from the collection of a quarter of a million taken by FSA photographers between 1935 and 1943.
Life on the road was anything but glamorous for Farm Security Administration photographers. Their job was to help "explain America to Americans" by photographing the one-third of the nation FDR described as "ill-housed, ill-clad, and ill-nourished." Featured in this book are more than one hundred photographs from the collection of a quarter of a million taken by FSA photographers between 1935 and 1943.