Road cut into the barren hills which lead into Emmett

Russell Lee. Road cut into the barren hills which lead into Emmett. Emmett, Idaho, July 1941. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF35-214. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34210. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (1)

Shepherd with his horse and dog on Gravelly Range

Russell Lee Shepherd with his horse and dog on Gravelly Range Madison County, Montana, August 1942. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW36-847B. LC-DIG-fsac-1a35022. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (2)

The Faro Caudill family eating dinner in their dugout

Russell Lee. The Faro Caudill family eating dinner in their dugout. Pie Town, New Mexico, October 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-326. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34105. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (3)

At the Vermont state fair

Jack Delano. At the Vermont state fair. Rutland, Vermont, September 1941. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-54. LC-DIG-fsac-1a33924. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (4)

Grand Grocery Company

John Vachon. Grand Grocery Company. Lincoln, Nebraska, 1942. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-268. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34273. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (5)

Couples at square dance

Russell Lee. Couples at square dance. McIntosh County, Oklahoma, 1939 or 1940, Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF35-311. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34090. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (6)

Children aiming sticks as guns, lined up against a brick building

Photographer Unknown. Children aiming sticks as guns, lined up against a brick building. Washington, D.C.(?), between 1941 and 1942. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-627. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34415. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (7)

African Americans fishing in creek near cotton plantations

Marion Post Wolcott. African Americans fishing in creek near cotton plantations. Belzoni, Mississippi, October 1939. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-107. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34332. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (8)

Boys fishing in a bayou

Marion Post Wolcott. Boys fishing in a bayou. Schriever, Louisiana, June 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-114. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34362. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (9)

Bayou Bourbeau plantation, a Farm Security Adminsitration cooperative

Marion Post Wolcott. Bayou Bourbeau plantation, a Farm Security Administration cooperative. Vicinity of Natchitoches, Louisiana, August 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-93. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34354. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (10)

A Fourth of July celebration

Marion Post Wolcott. A Fourth of July celebration. St. Helena Island, South Carolina, 1939. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-206. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34304. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (11)

Going to town on Saturday afternoon

Jack Delano. Going to town on Saturday afternoon. Greene County, Georgia, May 1941. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-91. LC-DIG-fsac-1a33874. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (12)

Chopping cotton on rented land near White Plains

Jack Delano. Chopping cotton on rented land near White Plains. White Plains, Greene County, Georgia, June 1941. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-599. LC-DIG-fsac-1a33894. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (13)

Planting corn along a river

Marion Post Wolcott. Planting corn along a river. Northeastern Tennessee, May 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-120. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34323. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (14)

A store with live fish for sale

Marion Post Wolcott. A store with live fish for sale. Vicinity of Natchitoches, Louisiana, July 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-135. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34367. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (15)

A crossroads store, bar, "juke joint," and gas station in the cotton planation area

Marion Post Wolcott. A crossroads store, bar, "juke joint," and gas station in the cotton plantation area. Melrose, Louisiana, June 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-113. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34361. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (16)

Boy building a model airplane as girl watches

Arthur Rothstein. Boy building a model airplane as girl watches. Robstown, Texas, January 1942. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-295. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34258. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (17)

Rural school children

John Vachon. Rural school children. San Augustine County, Texas, April 1943. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-833. LC-DIG-fsac-1a35427. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (18)

Rural school children

John Vachon. Rural school children. San Augustine County, Texas, April 1943. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-831. LC-DIG-fsac-1a35425. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (19)

Faro and Doris Caudill, homesteaders

Russell Lee. Faro and Doris Caudill, homesteaders. Pie Town, New Mexico, October 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-317. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34096. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (20)

Garden adjacent to the dugout home of Jack Whinery, homesteader

Russell Lee. Garden adjacent to the dugout home of Jack Whinery, homesteader. Pie Town, New Mexico, September 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-583. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34167. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (21)

Jack Whinery, homesteader, and his family

Russell Lee. Jack Whinery, homesteader, and his family. Pie Town, New Mexico, October 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-319. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34098. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (22)

School children singing

Russell Lee. School children singing. Pie Town, New Mexico, October 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-372. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34151. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (23)

Saying grace before the barbeque dinner at the New Mexico Fair

Russell Lee. Saying grace before the barbeque dinner at the New Mexico Fair. Pie Town, New Mexico, October 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-361. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34140. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (24)

Homesteader and his children eating barbeque at the New Mexico Fair

Russell Lee. Homesteader and his children eating barbeque at the New Mexico Fair. Pie Town, New Mexico, October 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-362. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34141. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (25)

Chapel, Vadito

John Collier. Chapel, Vadito. Near Penasco, New Mexico, Spring 1943. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-929. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34503. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (26)

Wisdom, Montana, April 1942

John Vachon. Wisdom, Montana, April 1942. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-625. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34284. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (27)

Mill at the Camp Bird Mine

Russell Lee. Mill at the Camp Bird Mine. Ouray County, Colorado, October 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-248. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34181. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (28)

Orchestra at square dance

Russell Lee. Orchestra at square dance. McIntosh County, Oklahoma, 1939 or 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-312. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34091. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (29)

Children asleep on bed during square dance

Russell Lee. Children asleep on bed during square dance. McIntosh County, Oklahoma, 1939 or 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-316. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34095. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (30)

Hauling crates of peaches from the orchard to the shipping shed

Russell Lee. Hauling crates of peaches from the orchard to the shipping shed. Delta County, Colorado, September 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-230. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34196. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (31)

On main street of Cascade

Russell Lee. Hay stack and automobile of peach pickers. Delta County, Colorado, 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-254. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34202. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (32)

On main street of Cascade

Russell Lee. On main street of Cascade. Cascade, Idaho, July 1941. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-212. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34209. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (33)

Farm auction

Jack Delano. Farm auction. Derby, Connecticut, September 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-33. LC-DIG-fsac-1a33833. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (34)

Barker at the grounds at the state fair

Jack Delano. Barker at the grounds at the state fair. Rutland, Vermont, September 1941. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-47. LC-DIG-fsac-1a33917. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (35)

Backstage at the "girlie" show at the state fair

Jack Delano. Backstage at the "girlie" show at the state fair. Rutland, Vermont, September 1941. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-50. LC-DIG-fsac-1a33920. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (36)

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Distributing surplus commodities

Russell Lee. Distributing surplus commodities. St. Johns, Arizona, October 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-238. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34185. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (37)

Street corner

Russell Lee. Street corner. Dillon, Montana, August 1942. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-844. LC-DIG-fsac-1a35017. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (38)

African American boy

John Vachon. African American boy. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1942 or 1943. LC-USF351-276. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34281. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (39)

Connecticut town on the sea

Jack Delano. Connecticut town on the sea. Stonington, Connecticut, November 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-31. LC-DIG-fsac-1a33831. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (40)

At Beecher Street School

Fenno Jacobs. At Beecher Street School. Southington, Connecticut, May 1942. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-804. LC-DIG-fsac-1a35007. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (41)

Children stage a patriotic demonstration

Fenno Jacobs. Children stage a patriotic demonstration. Southington, Connecticut, May 1942. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-803. LC-DIG-fsac-1a35006. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (42)

Shulman's market, on N at Union Street S.W.

Louise Rosskam. Shulman's market, on N at Union Street S.W. Washington, D.C., between 1941 and 1942. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-633. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34421. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (43)

House

Louise Rosskam. House. Washington, D.C.(?), between 1941 and 1942. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-635. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34423. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (44)

Headlines posted in street-corner window of newspaper office

Jack Delano. Headlines posted in street-corner window of newspaper office (Brockton Enterprise). Brockton, Massachusetts, December 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-4. LC-DIG-fsac-1a33852. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (45)

Children in the tenement district

Jack Delano. Children in the tenement district. Brockton, Massachusetts, December 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-5. LC-DIG-fsac-1a33853. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (46)

Children gathering potatoes on a large farm

Jack Delano. Children gathering potatoes on a large farm. Vicinity of Caribou, Aroostook County, Maine, October 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-63. LC-DIG-fsac-1a33844. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (47)

Trucks outside of a starch factory

Jack Delano. Trucks outside of a starch factory. Caribou, Aroostook County, Maine, October 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-64. LC-DIG-fsac-1a33845. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (48)

African American's tenant's home beside the Mississippi River levee

Marion Post Wolcott. African American's tenant's home beside the Mississippi River levee. Near Lake Providence, Louisiana, June 1940. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-109. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34358. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (49)

African American migratory workers by a "juke joint"

Marion Post Wolcott. African American migratory workers by a "juke joint". Belle Glade, Florida, February 1941. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-172. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34395. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (50)

Welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Company

Alfred T. Palmer. Welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Company. Chattanooga, Tennessee, June 1942. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-15. LC-DIG-fsac-1a35232. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (51)

Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation, stoke pile of coal and iron ore

Arthur Siegel. Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation, stock pile of coal and iron ore. Detroit, Michigan, November 1942. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-809. LC-DIG-fsac-1a35413. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (52)

Construction work at the TVA's Douglas Dam

Alfred T. Palmer. Construction work at the TVA's Douglas Dam. Tennessee, June 1942. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-302. LC-DIG-fsac-1a35237. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (53)

Shasta dam under construction

Russell Lee. Shasta dam under construction. California, June 1942. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USF351-574. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34236. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (54)

Worker at carbon black plant

John Vachon. Worker at carbon black plant. Sunray, Texas, 1942. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-842. LC-DIG-fsac-1a35446. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (55)

M-4 tank crews of the United States

Alfred T. Palmer. M-4 tank crews of the United States. Fort Knox, Kentucky, June 1942. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-175. LC-DIG-fsac-1a35210. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (56)

Switch engine in yard near Calumet Park stockyards, Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad

Jack Delano. Switch engine in yard near Calumet Park stockyards, Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. Calumet City, Illinois, January 1943. LC-USW361-1068. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34697. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (57)

Mrs. Viola Sievers, one of the wipers at the roundhouse giving a giant "H" class locomotive a bath of a live steam

Jack Delano. Mrs. Viola Sievers, one of the wipers at the roundhouse giving a giant "H" class locomotive a bath of live steam. Clinton, Iowa, April 1943. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-643. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34807. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (58)

Women workers employed as wipers in the roundhouse having lunch in their rest room, Chicago and Northwest Railway Company

Jack Delano. Women workers employed as wipers in the roundhouse having lunch in their rest room, Chicago and Northwest Railway Company. Clinton, Iowa, April 1943. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-644. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34808. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (59)

General view of part of the South Water Street freight depot of the Illinois Central Railroad

Jack Delano. General view of part of the South Water Street freight depot of the Illinois Central Railroad Chicago, Illinois, May 1943. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-604. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34786. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (60)

Putting the finishing touches on a rebuilt caboose at the rip tracks at Proviso yard

Jack Delano. Putting the finishing touches on a rebuilt caboose at the rip tracks at Proviso yard. Chicago, Illinois, April 1943. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-591. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34685. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (61)

Switchman throwing a switch at Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company's Proviso yard

Jack Delano. Switchman throwing a switch at Chicago and Northwest Railway Company's Proviso yard. Chicago, Illinois, April 1943. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-563. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34657. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (62)

Mike Evans, a welder, at the rip tracks and Proviso yard of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company

Jack Delano. Mike Evans, a welder, at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of the Chicago and Northwest Railway Company. Chicago, Illinois, April 1943. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-574. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34668. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (63)

Woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber

Alfred T. Palmer. Woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber Tennessee, February 1943. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-295. LC-DIG-fsac-1a35371. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (64)

Assembling B-25 bombers at North American Aviation

Alfred T. Palmer. Assembling B-25 bombers at North American Aviation. Kansas City, Kansas, October 1942. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-238. LC-DIG-fsac-1a35291. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (65)

P-51 'Mustang' fighter in flight

Alfred T. Palmer. P-51 'Mustang' fighter in flight. Inglewood, California, October 1942. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-496. LC-DIG-fsac-1a35324. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (66)

Marine glider at Page Field

Alfred T. Palmer. Marine glider at Page Field. Parris Island, South Carolina, May 1942. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-980. LC-DIG-fsac-1a35110. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (67)

Servicing an A-20 bomber

Alfred T. Palmer. Servicing an A-20 bomber. Langley Field, Virginia, July 1942. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-203. LC-DIG-fsac-1a35091. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (68)

A welder who works in the roundhouse at the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company's Proviso yard

Jack Delano. A welder who works in the round-house at the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company's Proviso yard. Chicago, Illinois, December 1942. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-508. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34602. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (69)

View in a departure yard at Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company's Proviso yard at twilight

Jack Delano. View in a departure yard at Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company's Proviso yard at twilight. Chicago, Illinois, December 1942. Reproduction from color slide. LC-USW361-556. LC-DIG-fsac-1a34650. FSA/OWI Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (70)

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