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A couple of men standing next to a sign, Signboard in Amite City, Louisiana

A couple of men standing next to a sign, Signboard in Amite City, Loui...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A group of men standing next to a pile of tires, Loading cotton in Natchez, Mississippi

A group of men standing next to a pile of tires, Loading cotton in Nat...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from record for item with the same number in the LC-USF33 series. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overs... More

A black and white photo of a group of people sitting on bleachers, possibly related to: Music for square dance, Skyline Farms, Alabama

A black and white photo of a group of people sitting on bleachers, pos...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Young musicians at Skyline Farms, Alabama

Young musicians at Skyline Farms, Alabama

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Weaving at Red House, West Virginia

Weaving at Red House, West Virginia

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man working in a factory, possibly related to: Vacuum cleaner factory, Arthurdale, West Virginia

A black and white photo of a man working in a factory, possibly relate...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A group of people standing around a table, possibly related to: Sunday school picnic, Penderlea Homesteads, North Carolina

A group of people standing around a table, possibly related to: Sunday...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a group of men playing instruments, possibly related to: Practising for the Westmoreland Fair, Pennsylvania

A black and white photo of a group of men playing instruments, possibl...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a man playing a guitar FSA/OWI - Farm security administration and Office of War Information photograph.

A black and white photo of a man playing a guitar FSA/OWI - Farm secur...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Sunday school picnic, Penderlea Homesteads, North Carolina

Sunday school picnic, Penderlea Homesteads, North Carolina

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a group of men Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photo.

A black and white photo of a group of men Farm Security Administration...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a sign in a window, possibly related to: Saturday afternoon in London, Ohio, "the main street"

A black and white photo of a sign in a window, possibly related to: Sa...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of two men, possibly related to: Street scene, Marysville, Ohio

A black and white photo of two men, possibly related to: Street scene,...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More

A couple of men standing next to each other, possibly related to: Farmer and banker, Plain City, Ohio

A couple of men standing next to each other, possibly related to: Farm...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of cows in a pen, possibly related to: Cattle in pen at the Pickaway Livestock Cooperative Association, central Ohio (see general caption)

A black and white photo of cows in a pen, possibly related to: Cattle ...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Farmhouse, central Ohio (see general caption)

Farmhouse, central Ohio (see general caption)

General caption for this series of images: Roadside does not at first present a definite or meaningful picture. Closer investigation begins to reveal the character of the place. Majority of the farms are well-k... More

Spectators at farmland auction, New Carlisle i.e. Marysville, Ohio

Spectators at farmland auction, New Carlisle i.e. Marysville, Ohio

Title and other information from caption card. The owner of the farm was from New Carlisle, but the farm was located in Marysville. (Source: researcher N. Fritz, 2019) Transfer; United States. Office of War Inf... More

A black and white photo of a tractor pulling a wagon Farmers of Great Depression. Dust bowl refugees, Resettlement program.

A black and white photo of a tractor pulling a wagon Farmers of Great ...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Bus station, Marion, Ohio. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public domain photo.

Bus station, Marion, Ohio. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public d...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Gasoline tractor furnishing power for threshing, central Ohio

Gasoline tractor furnishing power for threshing, central Ohio

General caption for this series of images: The thresher is generally owned by the engineer who may own a half dozen threshers. The crew is recruited from neighboring farms and from neighboring towns. Often are ... More

A black and white photo of an old car, possibly related to: Car belonging to strawberry picker, Hammond, Louisiana

A black and white photo of an old car, possibly related to: Car belong...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A young boy sitting on the steps of a building. America during Great Depression and World War Two. FSA / OWI Photograph.

A young boy sitting on the steps of a building. America during Great D...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Sharecroppers' children on Sunday, near Little Rock, Arkansas

Sharecroppers' children on Sunday, near Little Rock, Arkansas

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A group of men sitting next to each other, Kentucky coal miners, Jenkins, Kentucky

A group of men sitting next to each other, Kentucky coal miners, Jenki...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A man standing on top of a wooden wagon, Cotton pickers, Pulaski County, Arkansas

A man standing on top of a wooden wagon, Cotton pickers, Pulaski Count...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A man and a woman sitting on a bed, possibly related to: Family of rehabilitation client, Boone County, Arkansas

A man and a woman sitting on a bed, possibly related to: Family of reh...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More

A couple of young boys standing next to each other Farmers of Great Depression. Dust bowl refugees, Resettlement program.

A couple of young boys standing next to each other Farmers of Great De...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Band rehearsal, Red House, West Virginia

Band rehearsal, Red House, West Virginia

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a group of people in front of a house, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a group of people in front of a house, West...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A couple of men standing next to each other on a sidewalk, Bus station, Crossville, Tennessee

A couple of men standing next to each other on a sidewalk, Bus station...

Additional information on caption card: Use copy negative in LC-USF331 for this image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Divisio... More

Workmen repairing Route 40, central Ohio

Workmen repairing Route 40, central Ohio

General caption for this series of images: These pictures taken immediately preceeding Ohio Democratic primaries. Incumbent governor Martin Davey set thousands of people to work on the roads for the several wee... More

Street scene, Washington Court House, Ohio (see general caption)

Street scene, Washington Court House, Ohio (see general caption)

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Sign along Route 40, central Ohio (see general caption)

Sign along Route 40, central Ohio (see general caption)

General caption for this series of images: Roadside does not at first present a definite or meaningful picture. Closer investigation begins to reveal the character of the place. Majority of the farms are well-k... More

Tourist signs on the highway, central Ohio (see general caption)

Tourist signs on the highway, central Ohio (see general caption)

General caption for this series of images: Roadside does not at first present a definite or meaningful picture. Closer investigation begins to reveal the character of the place. Majority of the farms are well-k... More

Rural relief near Urbana, Ohio. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public domain photo.

Rural relief near Urbana, Ohio. Farm Security Administartion 1930s pub...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

World War veterans' homecoming and carnival, London, Ohio (see general caption)

World War veterans' homecoming and carnival, London, Ohio (see general...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of an old shack, possibly related to: Dwellers in Circleville's "Hooverville," central Ohio (see general caption)

A black and white photo of an old shack, possibly related to: Dwellers...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

World War Veterans' homecoming and carnival, London, Ohio (see general caption)

World War Veterans' homecoming and carnival, London, Ohio (see general...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A group of men sitting on the steps of a house, possibly related to: Spectators at farmland auction, New Carlisle i.e. Marysville, Ohio

A group of men sitting on the steps of a house, possibly related to: S...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) The owner of the farm was from New Carli... More

A black and white photo of a little girl listening FSA/OWI - Farm security administration and Office of War Information photograph.

A black and white photo of a little girl listening FSA/OWI - Farm secu...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a bench FSA/OWI - Farm security administration and Office of War Information photograph.

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a bench FSA/OWI - Farm sec...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Sharecropper with homemade water wagon, Arkansas

Sharecropper with homemade water wagon, Arkansas

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

William A. Swift, once a farmer, now a resident of Circleville's "Hooverville." When he returned from the war he went West. "Made awful good money jobbin' around."

William A. Swift, once a farmer, now a resident of Circleville's "Hoov...

General caption for this series of images: Circleville, county seat of Pickaway County. Average small Ohio city, depending upon surrounding rich farmlands for its livelihood. Because of its non-industrial surro... More

A black and white photo of a young boy holding a baby, Scene in New Orleans, Louisiana

A black and white photo of a young boy holding a baby, Scene in New Or...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a boy and a boy in overalls Farmers of Great Depression. Dust bowl refugees, Resettlement program.

A black and white photo of a boy and a boy in overalls Farmers of Grea...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A horse pulling a wagon with people on it Farmers of Great Depression. Dust bowl refugees, Resettlement program.

A horse pulling a wagon with people on it Farmers of Great Depression....

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Spectators at public auction, central Ohio

Spectators at public auction, central Ohio

General caption for this series of images: On August 6, 1938, a closing-out sale was held at the A.H. Buchwalter farm on the Scioto River and Darby Creek Pike, west of Hilliards, by Mrs. Buchwalter as Administr... More

A group of people sitting around a table eating, possibly related to: Dinner during wheat harvest time, central Ohio

A group of people sitting around a table eating, possibly related to: ...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

World War Veterans' homecoming and carnival, London, Ohio (see general caption)

World War Veterans' homecoming and carnival, London, Ohio (see general...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A man in overalls and a hat standing in front of a store, possibly related to: Street scene in central Ohio

A man in overalls and a hat standing in front of a store, possibly rel...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Wrestling matches, July 4th celebration, Ashville, Ohio, (see general caption)

Wrestling matches, July 4th celebration, Ashville, Ohio, (see general ...

General caption for this series of images: The Ashville Fourth of July celebration is a small-scale fair, carrying the amusement features of the fairs without the farm implements displays, etc. It comes earlier... More

A couple of men sitting on top of a wooden bench, possibly related to: Spectators at county fair, central Ohio

A couple of men sitting on top of a wooden bench, possibly related to:...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Residents of Worthington, Ohio. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public domain photo.

Residents of Worthington, Ohio. Farm Security Administartion 1930s pub...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Spectators at county fair in central Ohio

Spectators at county fair in central Ohio

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Cranking car to get it started, the old way, Worthington, Ohio

Cranking car to get it started, the old way, Worthington, Ohio

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

War veterans' homecoming and carnival, London, Ohio (see general caption)

War veterans' homecoming and carnival, London, Ohio (see general capti...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Child musicians at Asheville, North Carolina

Child musicians at Asheville, North Carolina

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of people sitting on a bench, Courthouse square, Lancaster, Ohio

A black and white photo of people sitting on a bench, Courthouse squar...

General caption for this series of images: Lancaster is a very prosperous town, the county seat of Fairfield County, which is considered to be one of the richest farmland areas in the Middle West. Lancasterhas ... More

Cotton pickers, 6:30 a.m., Alexander plantation, Pulaski County, Arkansas

Cotton pickers, 6:30 a.m., Alexander plantation, Pulaski County, Arkan...

Other title from Documenting America, 1935-1943 / edited by Carl Fleischhauer and Beverly W. Brannan. Berkeley: University of California Press in association with the Library of Congress, 1988, p. 81. Title and... More

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat, possibly related to: Religious meeting, Nashville, Tennessee

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat, possibly related t...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A group of men standing next to each other on a street, possibly related to: Applicants waiting for jobs in front of FERA offices, New Orleans, Louisiana

A group of men standing next to each other on a street, possibly relat...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of two children, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of two children, West Virginia. Farm Security ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a barn, possibly related to: Washing a prize bull at the dairy barn, Red House, West Virginia

A black and white photo of a barn, possibly related to: Washing a priz...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A horse pulling a cart in front of a coca bottle store, Horse and wagon, Crossville, Tennessee

A horse pulling a cart in front of a coca bottle store, Horse and wago...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a train track, possibly related to: Houses and slagheap, Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania

A black and white photo of a train track, possibly related to: Houses ...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a group of men playing instruments, possibly related to: Practising for the Westmoreland Fair, Pennsylvania

A black and white photo of a group of men playing instruments, possibl...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a tractor, possibly related to: Threshing wheat in central Ohio

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a tractor, possibly ...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Dinner during wheat harvest time, central Ohio

Dinner during wheat harvest time, central Ohio

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a family on a carousel Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photo.

A black and white photo of a family on a carousel Farm Security Admini...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More

A black and white photo of two people shaking hands Farmers of Great Depression. Dust bowl refugees, Resettlement program.

A black and white photo of two people shaking hands Farmers of Great D...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Middlesboro, Kentucky. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public domain photo.

Middlesboro, Kentucky. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public domai...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Cotton pickers ready for day's work, 6:30 a.m., Pulaski County, Arkansas

Cotton pickers ready for day's work, 6:30 a.m., Pulaski County, Arkans...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Lower Natchez, Mississippi. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public domain photo.

Lower Natchez, Mississippi. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A group of people standing in front of a building, Street in New Orleans, Louisiana

A group of people standing in front of a building, Street in New Orlea...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A group of young boys standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of young boys standing next to each other. Office of War Infor...

Possibly photographed by Ben Shahn. Title and other information from documentation accompanying lot 2179. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Cotton pickers, Arkansas. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public domain photo.

Cotton pickers, Arkansas. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public do...

Other title from Documenting America, 1935-1943 / edited by Carl Fleischhauer and Beverly W. Brannan. Berkeley: University of California Press in association with the Library of Congress, 1988, p. 80. Title and... More

A black and white photo of two horses pulling a plow through a corn field, possibly related to: Cultivating corn, central Ohio

A black and white photo of two horses pulling a plow through a corn fi...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a window FSA/OWI - Farm security administration and Office of War Information photograph.

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a window FSA/OWI...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Street scene, Plain City, Ohio. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public domain photo.

Street scene, Plain City, Ohio. Farm Security Administartion 1930s pub...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of three men sitting at a table, possibly related to: Spectators at county fair eating lunch, central Ohio

A black and white photo of three men sitting at a table, possibly rela...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More

A group of people standing outside of a church, possibly related to: Leaving church, Linworth, Ohio

A group of people standing outside of a church, possibly related to: L...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A group of men standing next to each other in front of a building Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photo.

A group of men standing next to each other in front of a building Farm...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Two boys standing in front of candy store window, street scene, Circleville, Ohio (see general caption)

Two boys standing in front of candy store window, street scene, Circle...

General caption for this series of images: Circleville, county seat of Pickaway County. Average small Ohio city, depending upon surrounding rich farmlands for its livelihood. Because of its non-industrial surro... More

Folk art, Plain City, Ohio. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public domain photo.

Folk art, Plain City, Ohio. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Street scene, Marysville, Ohio. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public domain photo.

Street scene, Marysville, Ohio. Farm Security Administartion 1930s pub...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Mechanicsburg, Ohio. Harvest hand and helper on the Virgil Thaxton farm

Mechanicsburg, Ohio. Harvest hand and helper on the Virgil Thaxton far...

Title and other information from file print. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available ... More

A black and white photo of a group of people Farmers of Great Depression. Dust bowl refugees, Resettlement program.

A black and white photo of a group of people Farmers of Great Depressi...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Truck of basket and chair peddler, Route 40, central Ohio (see general caption)

Truck of basket and chair peddler, Route 40, central Ohio (see general...

General caption for this series of images: Roadside does not at first present a definite or meaningful picture. Closer investigation begins to reveal the character of the place. Majority of the farms are well-k... More

A woman holding a baby in her arms, Family of Arkansas sharecropper

A woman holding a baby in her arms, Family of Arkansas sharecropper

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a group of men, Religious meeting, Nashville, Tennessee

A black and white photo of a group of men, Religious meeting, Nashvill...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Scene in Smithland, Kentucky. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public domain photo.

Scene in Smithland, Kentucky. Farm Security Administartion 1930s publi...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A group of men standing around a crowd of people, Medicine show, Huntingdon, Tennessee

A group of men standing around a crowd of people, Medicine show, Hunti...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man in a shed - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a shed - FSA / Office of War Infor...

General caption for this series of images: Circleville, county seat of Pickaway County. Average small Ohio city, depending upon surrounding rich farmlands for its livelihood. Because of its non-industrial surro... More

A black and white photo of a group of children. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of children. Office of War Informat...

Possibly photographed by Ben Shahn. Title and other information from documentation accompanying lot 2179. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

William A. Swift, once a farmer, now a resident of Circleville's "Hooverville." When he returned from the war he went West. "Made awful good money jobbin' around."

William A. Swift, once a farmer, now a resident of Circleville's "Hoov...

General caption for this series of images: Circleville, county seat of Pickaway County. Average small Ohio city, depending upon surrounding rich farmlands for its livelihood. Because of its non-industrial surro... More

A black and white photo of a group of men playing baseball. Great Depression Era FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men playing baseball. Great Depr...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a group of men Farmers of Great Depression. Dust bowl refugees, Resettlement program.

A black and white photo of a group of men Farmers of Great Depression....

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a group of children, possibly related to: Negro schoolchildren, Omar, West Virginia

A black and white photo of a group of children, possibly related to: N...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A couple of people that are standing in the dirt, Tennessee. Farm Security Administration photograph

A couple of people that are standing in the dirt, Tennessee. Farm Secu...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A woman in a polka dot dress dancing, possibly related to: Square dance, Skyline Farms, Alabama

A woman in a polka dot dress dancing, possibly related to: Square danc...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

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