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Who Was Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother?
In an earlier post I noted that one of the most famous American photographs of the twentieth century is in the public domain in the United States since it was taken by Dorothea Lange when she was empl… more →
Public Domain Images Online
Free Theatre! (Courtesy of Uncle Sam)
kostrom wrote 6 days ago: All photos taken by the Works Progress Administration of the Federal Theatre Project, ca. 1937 Dawn … more →
Telluride Bluegrass Festival (June 23, 2009)
laurameyerlaurameyer wrote 3 weeks ago: Just got home from another incredible Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Here’s a slideshow featur … more →
Telluride Bluegrass Festival (June 23, 2009)
laurameyerlaurameyer wrote 3 weeks ago: Just got home from another incredible Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Here’s a slideshow featur … more →
June by Dux
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madsilence wrote 1 month ago: June by Alexander Dux. 1938. Image Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, WP … more →
Who Was Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother?
havealittletalk wrote 1 month ago: In an earlier post I noted that one of the most famous American photographs of the twentieth century … more →
Photographic Legacy of New Deal Stimulus Plan, or Images from the Farm Security Administration
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havealittletalk wrote 1 month ago: Have you ever heard of the Farm Security Administration (FSA)? I expect not, but this was a New Deal … more →
WPA Posters Collection, Online at the Library of Congress
havealittletalk wrote 1 month ago: I keep hoping that the economic stimulus plan will include funding for the arts, but I haven’t seen … more →
Give me that old-time stimulus
tburton1004 wrote 2 months ago: by Katie Bowell, Curator of Cultural Interpretation With all the talk in the news about the economi … more →
Colorado During the Great Depression
empresstj wrote 3 months ago: Dust storm in Colorado. The Great Depression brought hard times on Colorado until … more →
Letter Writing/Communication In A Discordant World
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Neil Aquino wrote 3 months ago: It might be time to write someone a letter. I’ve been thinking that for myself of late, but I … more →
Waffles & Glen's new band
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postymcposterton wrote 3 months ago: Two unrelated, but equally good things… There’s a new waffle place in Eugene. It … more →
Public works program paid folks to whittle
Scott King wrote 3 months ago: Federal program funded whittlers. Did you know back during the Depression our government spent mone … more →
Recessions, Depressions and Art
rbrask wrote 4 months ago: I don’t think that one can make it through any given day in this year of 2009 without at least … more →
WPA Posters from the Library of Congress
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lolarusa wrote 4 months ago: The Library of Congress has extensive online digital collections, including a comprehensive collecti … more →
Then versus now
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paulsunyak wrote 4 months ago: In the Great Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt created New Deal programs to help peopl … more →
Entering Our Own 'Lost Decade'
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deadmanscurve wrote 5 months ago: The Japanese had theirs in the 1990s—now it’s our turn. Depression, not recession, is the corr … more →
Hey, Mitch McConnell, are you sure you're from Kentucky?
fromlaurelstreet wrote 5 months ago: Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The Jefferson County community cannery, started by the WPA, now conducted b … more →
"Hard Times," by Studs Terkel: Essential Reading for These Tmes
Ron Pavellas wrote 5 months ago: I have been writing a memoir for years 1937-1958, my first 21 years. This period in my life falls ne … more →
9. Theme 126 ~Mural~
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Madelaine wrote 6 months ago: This amazing mural is on a wall in a Post Office in one of the neighboring towns. It was painted in … more →
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