Picturing Minnesota, 1936-1943: Photographs from the Farm Security AdministrationRobert L. Reid "Picturing Minnesota brings together the best of the images taken in Minnesota from the collection of photographs commissioned by the Farm Security Administration during the depression era and the advent of World War II. Among the photographers represented here are John Vachon, a native of St. Paul, Russell Lee, Jack Delano, Arthur Rothstein and Marion Post Wolcott. Outstanding as photographic works of art, these pictures are unique in their ability to convey the details of life in Minnesota during those years"--Publisher's description from lensculture.com. |
Contents
The Cutover Region | 11 |
FSA Projects | 31 |
The Twin Cities | 51 |
Workers in Towns and Cities | 73 |
Lumberjacks | 87 |
The Iron Ranges | 105 |
A Farm Family | 117 |
Workers in the Countryside | 131 |
Roads Rails and Waterways | 149 |
Leisure Time | 165 |
World War II | 183 |
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Agricultural American Archives Arthur Rothstein August Austin Acres camera camp Chisago County Craigville cutover region Dakotas depression Dorothea Lange Effie vicinity Farm Security Administration farmers February FSA photographers FSA-OWI Collection FSA-OWI project Gateway district Gemmell grain elevator Hibbing Historical Section Historical Society Press Hormel houses images industry interview with author Iron Range Itasca Jack Delano John McRaith John Vachon July Lakes Cutover Lee's photographs Little Fork River Little Fork vicinity lived logging lumber lumberjacks Marion Post Wolcott Meeker County Mexican milk Minneapolis Minnesota Historical Society Mississippi River National nesota northern Minnesota Park Paul Carter railroad Resettlement Administration Robert Vachon Roy Stryker rural Russell Lee Russell Lee OPPOSITE saloon scenes September 1939 Stryker Collection Stryker to Lee Swedish Swedish-American selectee take pictures tion took pictures town Twin Cities U.S. Army University of Minnesota Vachon Papers Vachon to Mother Vachon to Penny visited Washington WEST WESTE