Dec 11, 2014 - Sale 2370

Sale 2370 - Lot 343

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION) delano; lee; rosskam
A select group of 7 photographs of everyday American scenes. Silver prints on semi-matte double weight paper, each approximately 10 1/4x13 1/4 inches (26x33.7 cm.), and slightly smaller, and the reverse, each with a caption label with the photographer's title and credit, an F.S.A. hand stamp, and the RA number, in pencil, on verso. 1939-41

Additional Details

Delano's "At the Crouch family on Thanksiving Day preparing the dinner (Ledyard, Connecticut), "At the Crouch family Thanksgiving Day dinner--waiting," and "Five cent hot lunches at the Woodville public school (Greene County, Georgia) Rosskam's "Air view, Cemetary and town (Lincoln, Vermont) Lee's "Preacher reading the lesson and instructions before Baptism (San Augustine, Florida), "'Swing your partner' square dance" (Pie Town, New Mexico), and "High school coach giving last minute instructions to substitute who is going into the game, basketball game" (Eufaula, Oklahoma).

From the files of the London, UK office of the United States Office of War Information (OWI).