Seeing the Past

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Gary David Plummer:
Retired journalist and writer and editor with a background in American history;
Middling black & white photographer;
Researcher of coal-mining history in a Western Pennsylvania community.
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Russell Lee “Scene on 8th Avenue, New York City.” November 1936. Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017734... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #russelllee #photography

Dorothea Lange “On main street of Williamette Valley town. Independence, Polk County, Oregon.” August 1939. Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017773... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #dorothealange #photography

Ben Shahn "Young residents at Amite City, Louisiana." October 1935. Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017730... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #benshahn #photography

Marion Post Wolcott “Playing dominoes or cards in front of drug store in center of town, in Mississippi Delta, Mississippi.” October 1939. Source: FSA/OWI Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017754... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #marionpostwolcott #photography

John Vachon “Little Creek, Delaware. A fishing village.” July 1938. Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017762... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #johnvachon #photography

Ben Shahn "Interior of blacksmith shop, Skyline Farms, Alabama." 1937. Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017731... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotograhs #benshahn #photography

Jack Delano Untitled. (“Gallup, New Mexico. A train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Belen and Gallup, New Mexico.”) March 1943. Source: FSA/OWI Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017848... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #jackdelano #photography

Russell Lee “Fortune teller, state fair, Donaldsonville, Louisiana.” November 1938. Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017738... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #russelllee #photography

Edwin Rosskam Uncaptioned street scene from a series of photographs of the “Black Belt” in Chicago, Illinois. July 1941. Source: FSA/OWI Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/fsa1997... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #edwinrosskam #photography

Marion Post Wolcott “Members of the Primitive Baptist Church in Morehead, Kentucky, attending a creek baptizing by submersion.” August 1940. Source: FSA/OWI Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017804... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #marionpostwolcott #photography

Arthur Rothstein "Girls in beer parlor adjoining dance hall. Marshalltown, Iowa." February 1940. Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017779... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #arthurrothstein #photography

Jack Delano Untitled.("Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania.”) August 1940. Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017791... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #jackdelano #photography

Wilbur Staats “Wind erosion is covering remains of unsuccessful farm in Idaho.” March 1937. www.loc.gov/item/2017769... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #wilburstaats #photography

Arthur Rothstein “Martial law on Colorado border stops migratory laborers.” April 1936. Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017760... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #arthurrothstein #photography

Marion Post Wolcott “Sampling and classing cotton in classing rooms of cotton factor’s office, Memphis, Tennessee.” November 1939. Source: FSA/OWI Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017755... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #marionpostwolcott #photography

Gordon Parks “Washington, D.C. Street corner, 7th Street and Florida Avenue, N.W.” August 1942. Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017765... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #gordonparks #photography

Dorothea Lange “Mr. Dougherty and one of the children. Warm Springs district, Malheur County, Oregon.” October 1939. Source: FSA/OWI Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017773... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #dorothealange #photography

Arthur Rothstein “Road to Nicholson Hollow. Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.” October 1935. Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017758... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #arthurrothstein #photography

Walker Evans “Bethlehem houses and steel mill. Pennsylvania.” November 1935. Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017759... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #walkerevans #photography

Russell Lee "Loading truck with table which will be carried by this migrant family to California, near Muskogee, Oklahoma." July 1939. Source: FSA/OWI Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017740... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #russelllee #photography

Marion Post Wolcott “Mountain child shooting slingshot from porch of his home. Near Buckhorn, Kentucky.” September 1940. Source: FSA/OWI Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017757... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #marionpostwolcott #photography

Esther Bubley “Washington, D.C. Listening to a murder mystery on the radio in a boardinghouse room.“ January 1943. Source: FSA/OWI Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017862... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #estherbubley #photography

John Vachon "Alley, downtown Chicago, Illinois.” July 1940. Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017720... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #johnvachon #photography

Jack Allison “New York, New York. Street vendor of ‘ices’ with girl.” Summer 1938. Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017769... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #jackallison #photography

Marjory Collins “Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Car headlights glare up among objects in wholesale junkyard.” May 1942. Source: FSA/OWI Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017825... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #marjorycollins #photography

Arthur Rothstein “Closed bank. Haverhill, Iowa.” September 1939. Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017778... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #arthurrothstein #photography

Theodor Jung “Water barrel, used for bringing water from spring which is some distance away, Garrett County, Maryland.” September 1935. Source: FSA/OWI Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017727... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #theodorjung #photography

Risdon Tillery “New York, New York. A fifteen-year-old expert on model airplanes ... ” May 1944. (Full caption in ALT text) Source: FSA/OWI Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017866... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #risdontillery #photography

Walker Evans “Waterfront warehouses. Louisiana.” March 1936. Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017762... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #walkerevans #photography

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Russell Lee “Youngest child of the Hale family. Near Black River Falls, Wisconsin.“ May 1937. Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress www.loc.gov/item/2017780... 🗃️ #skystorians #fsaphotographs #russelllee #photography