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Southern Illinois Album Farm Security Admin Photos 1936-1943 Russell 1990 Rare
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A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Subject
- Southern Illinois History
- ISBN
- 9780809315888
- EAN
- 9780809315888
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
ISBN-10
0809315882
ISBN-13
9780809315888
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4481719
Product Key Features
Book Title
Southern Illinois Album : Farm Security Administration Photographs, 1936-1943
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1990
Topic
United States / State & Local / General, United States / MidWest / East North Central (Il, in, Mi, Oh, Wi), United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Photoessays & Documentaries
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Photography, History
Book Series
Shawnee Bks.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
29.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
10 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
89-006241
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
"The individual photographs selected by Russell represent the best of the FSA style. Some are evocative, some are instructive, and all are interesting."-David B. Danbom, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, "The individual photographs selected by Russell represent the best of the FSA style. Some are evocative, some are instructive, and all are interesting."-- David B. Danbom , Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, "The individual photographs selected by Russell represent the best of the FSA style. Some are evocative, some are instructive, and all are interesting."-- David B. Danbom , Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, The individual photographs selected by Russell represent the best of the FSA style. Some are evocative, some are instructive, and all are interesting."— David B. Danbom , Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
Dewey Decimal
977.3/042
Synopsis
Life on the road was anything but glamorous for Farm Security Administration photographers traveling through southern Illinois in the mid-1930s. Often their most promising subjects lived at the end of the worst roads, many of which lacked bridges, drainage ditches, or gravel. Outfitted with three government-issue cameras, flashbulbs, tripods, and film-processing chemicals, their job was to help "explain America to Americans" by seeking out and photographing the one-third of the nation FDR described as "ill-housed, ill-clad, and ill-nourished." Featured in this book are more than one hundred photographs from the collection of a quarter of a million taken by FSA photographers between 1935 and 1943. These pictures capture life during the Great Depression as viewed in the coal-mining towns of Herrin, West Frankfort, and Zeigler; the river communities of Shawneetown, Cairo, and Grayville; the farming regions near McLeansboro, Newton, and Harrisburg--more than two dozen southern Illinois county seats, hamlets, and landings. Together they comprise a photographic portrait of the determination, hard work, and capacity to find ways to celebrate life exemplified by the people of southern Illinois during one of the most difficult periods of American history. FSA photographers helped to invent and popularize the "documentary style," a type of photography in which pictures and their arrangement carry much of the information in a story. Intended to document the success of a government project, these pictures survived to preserve for later generations the story of the people of southern Illinois and how they endured the difficult times of the Great Depression., Life on the road was anything but glamorous for Farm Security Administration photographers traveling through southern Illinois in the mid-1930s. Often their most promising subjects lived at the end of the worst roads, many of which lacked bridges, drainage ditches, or gravel. Outfitted with three government-issue cameras, flashbulbs, tripods, and film-processing chemicals, their job was to help "explain America to Americans" by seeking out and photographing the one-third of the nation FDR described as "ill-housed, ill-clad, and ill-nourished." Featured in this book are more than one hundred photographs from the collection of a quarter of a million taken by FSA photographers between 1935 and 1943. These pictures capture life during the Great Depression as viewed in the coal-mining towns of Herrin, West Frankfort, and Zeigler; the river communities of Shawneetown, Cairo, and Grayvil≤ the farming regions near McLeansboro, Newton, and Harrisburg--more than two dozen southern Illinois county seats, hamlets, and landings. Together they comprise a photographic portrait of the determination, hard work, and capacity to find ways to celebrate life exemplified by the people of southern Illinois during one of the most difficult periods of American history. FSA photographers helped to invent and popularize the "documentary style," a type of photography in which pictures and their arrangement carry much of the information in a story. Intended to document the success of a government project, these pictures survived to preserve for later generations the story of the people of southern Illinois and how they endured the difficult times of the Great Depression.
LC Classification Number
F542.R87 1990
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