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Tuesday, 20 October 2015
quote [ In the 1930s, the U.S. government sent photographers to all the states to capture America "at her most vulnerable." ]
I like how's it's mapped out. Allows you to easily see the different areas of the US at the time.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's team wanted a record of what was going on -- and images of real lives and struggles to help rally support for his New Deal policies.
Over 170,000 images were taken between 1935 and 1946 such as this one of a family that didn't even have shelter at a camp in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Yale University and the Library of Congress have just made the entire collection available online on a site called Photogrammer. (Article originally from CNN) Possible repost brought to my attention just now with... http://www.sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/3124 However I am currently out of new posting material and therefore will accept any punishment put upon me. (Pass the jelly please)
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cb361 said @ 8:22pm GMT on 20th Oct
That depression don't look so great to me.
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sanepride said @ 9:56pm GMT on 20th Oct
Sorry, the 'out of new posting material' excuse doesn't cut it, considering you can now just post a single YouTube video and label it a 'Quickie'.
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