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An American Journey Images of Railroading During the Depression w/ dust jacket
An American Journey Images of Railroading During the Depression Hard Cover with Dust Jacket 2000 158 Pages By Mark Vandercook
From the Library of Congress Legendary FSA Collection
Featuring photographs of: Jack Delano, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Carl Mydans, Arthur Rothstein, Ben Shahn, John Vachon, Marion Post Wolcott.
At the height of the Great Depression, the Farm Security Administration (FSA) set out to document, in photographic form, the state of America and its people. The FSA photographers, regarded today to be among the best of the 20th century, amassed a collection of more than 270,000 negatives. "The work of the photographic section of the Farm Security Administration:' declares the Encyclopedia of Photography, "stands as the high-water mark of social documentary in this country: Forever frozen in time, these photographs have captured a significant point in American history that will never be forgotten.
Upon observing these photographs it becomes obvious that during this time in American history it was almost impossible to separate the American people from one thing that bound them all together: the railroads. How else can one account for the number of railroad related photographs in the collection if, by their very nature, the railroads were not tied in some fundamental way to American society? The railroads were, in fact, essential to the life and livelihood of countless Americans.
This book then, is a snapshot of what could be called the "railroad culture," a culture that has long since vanished. So sit back and take a photographic journey through time.
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