Date of Original
1939

Subject
United States. Farm Security Agency
Farm life--Georgia--Greene County

Location
United States, Georgia, Greene County, Greensboro, 33.57568, -83.18238

Medium
color photographs

Type
Still Image

Description
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., Between 1939 and 1944, government photography units within the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later the Office of War Information (OWI) produced the approximately 1,600 color photographs shown here, along with about 171,000 black-and-white photographs. Roy Stryker led the FSA unit during its active years and played a key role in the OWI unit in 1942-43. (The black-and-white photographs are available by searching the FSA/OWI Black-and-White Negatives. Further discussion of the FSA and OWI photography units is available in information about the FSA/OWI black-and-white negatives.)

Metadata URL
https://www.loc.gov/collections/fsa-owi-color-photographs/

Language
eng

Original Collection
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information color slides and transparencies collection (Library of Congress)

Holding Institution
Library of Congress

Rights