Migrant Mother. Dorothea Lange, 1936.
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15 Staff Selections from the FSA-OWI Collection
No one can work long with Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information photographs without developing some personal favorites. One of the pleasures of using the collection lies in sharing "finds" with others. The development of this site offered the members of the Prints and Photographs Division reference staff a much-appreciated opportunity to share some of their favorites with the public. Some of the selections were described as "fun," others as "haunting." Still others were images whose proven appeal was so great that staff felt they should not be missed, thus demonstrating the difficulty of limiting the number of popular images in the collection to a mere "15 Popular Requests".
There are no known restrictions on the use of the images. For further information, see the Rights Information page.
 General store interior, Moundville, Alabama Photographer: Walker Evans Reproduction Number: LC-USF342-8164-A |
 Kitchen...Hidalgo County, Texas. Photographer: Russell Lee Reproduction Number: LC-USF34-32145-D |
 Medicine show, Huntingdon, Tennessee. Photographer: Ben Shahn Reproduction Number: LC-USF33- 006164-M5 |
 Washington, D.C. Field Trips for the "flying nun" preflight class... Photographer: Ann Rosener Reproduction Number: LC-USW3-31400-D |
 Tap dancing...at Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa. Photographer: Jack Delano Reproduction Number: LC-USW3-2809-D |
 Chicago, Illinois. In the waiting room of the Union Station. Photographer: Jack Delano Reproduction Number: LC-USW3-15486-E |
 "Fiddlin'" Bill Henesely... Asheville, North Carolina. Photographer: Ben Shahn Reproduction Number: LC-USF33-6258-M1 |
 Chicago, Illinois. Model airplanes...Union Station. Photographer: Jack Delano Reproduction Number: LC-USW3-15950-D |
 Boys looking at penny movies...Donaldson, Louisiana. Photographer: Russell Lee Reproduction Number: LC-USF34-31678-D |
 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lyman...Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Photographer: Jack Delano Reproduction Number: LC-USF34-41573-D |
 Negro boys on Easter morning, southside, Chicago, Illinois. Photographer: Russell Lee Reproduction Number: LC-USF34-38825-D |
 Spanish-American women...Chamisal, New Mexico. Photographer: Russell Lee Reproduction Number: LC-USF34-37082-D |
 Church interior, Alabama or Tennessee Photographer: Walker Evans Reproduction Number: LC-USF342-8285A |
 Cabins imitating the Indian teepee...Bardstown, Kentucky. Photographer: Marion Post Wolcott Reproduction Number: LC-USF34-55240-D |
 One of the Wilkins family making biscuits ... near Tallyho, Granville County, North Carolina. Photographer: Marion Post Wolcott Reproduction Number: LC-USF34-52728-D |
