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Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson
Anyone who has ever dipped into the amazing Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information photograph collection has probably experienced the same sensations that a pie eating contestant must face: mouth-watering temptation combined with a sinking sense that one will soon be overwhelmed. There are many ways to explore the 175,000 black-and-white photographs in the collection. …
Posted in: FSA/OWI, Photographs
Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson
How can one ever come to understand a collection of 170,000 pictures? If you read my post a few weeks ago about finding unprinted Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information (FSA/OWI) photographs, you probably quickly realized that the collection is complex, consisting of many interrelated parts. I hope you also got a sense of the …
Posted in: FSA/OWI, Photographs, Visual literacy
Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson
I started out this week to reflect on the joys of summer with one of our “Caught Our Eyes” posts. It also turned out to be a fine opportunity to celebrate the results of a recent project to improve access to the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information (FSA/OWI) Collection of photographs from the Depression …
Posted in: FSA/OWI, News & Events, Photographs