Amazing photos and interesting that the federal government (Farm Services Administration) actually dispatched photographers to document the impact of the Depression on American life. I'm not sure the federal government is undertaking thsi sort of project in the current era.

I was interested in the photographers, as I had only heard of one of them (Russell Lee). If you share my curiosity, you can read more about the photographers here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Lee_(photographer)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Delano

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Post_Wolcott

Thanks for an interesting Off Topic posting!!

Jeff

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: Those are great photos, especially with them being in color. I’ve
: seen some of these before, but it is always fun to look at them
: again. If I remember right there were a number of photographers
: that were funded by various public works projects of the time
: and took many of those photos.

: I know it is often said, but when you see color photos from an era
: when it was mostly black and white, the image just pops. It
: always reminds me that people from other times and places really
: aren’t all that different.

: Eddie