Grit, Grime & Gelatin Silver

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Following a period of rampant speculation on Wall Street, the stock market crashed on October 29, 1929, a major precipitating event of the Great Depression — a decade-long economic catastrophe. By 1933 industrial production had fallen to one-third its pre-Depression levels, thousands of banks were closed, and almost 13 million Americans were jobless. This photo of a Depression-era bread line was taken by Dorothea Lange at the White Angel Jungle, a soup kitchen for San Francisco’s jobless.

“The White Angel Bread Line” By Dorothea Lange, San Francisco, California, 1933; Records of the Social Security Administration; Record Group 47; National Archives.

Following a period of rampant speculation on Wall Street, the stock market crashed on October 29, 1929, a major precipitating event of the Great Depression — a decade-long economic catastrophe. By 1933 industrial production had fallen to one-third its pre-Depression levels, thousands of banks were closed, and almost 13 million Americans were jobless. This photo of a Depression-era bread line was taken by Dorothea Lange at the White Angel Jungle, a soup kitchen for San Francisco’s jobless.

“The White Angel Bread Line” By Dorothea Lange, San Francisco, California, 1933; Records of the Social Security Administration; Record Group 47; National Archives.

October 29, 2011

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filed under: 1930s, 20th century photography, Dorothea Lange, National Archives, The Great Depression, White Angel Bread Line, documentary photography,

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Full Color Depression ⇒

Full Color Depression: First Kodachromes from America’s Heartland
Photographs by Jack Delano, Russell Lee, Marion Post Wolcott, and Others

Russell Lee Wheat Farm

Russell Lee (American, 1903–1986). Wheat farm, Walla Walla, Washington, 1941. Digital file from original slide (LC-DIG-fsac-1a34223). Collection Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color Photographs. Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.

Friday, October 21, 2011–Sunday, January 22, 2012
Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, New York)

If anyone is heading up to Buffalo later this fall/winter, this exhibition looks fantastic.

August 30, 2011

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filed under: Color, Exhibitions, Farm Security Administration, HA337, History of Photography I, Kodachrome, Library of Congress, Pratt Institute, Russell Lee, The Great Depression, s1, s2,

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Grit, Grime & Gelatin Silver

Full Color Depression: First Kodachromes from America’s HeartlandPhotographs by Jack Delano, Russell Lee, Marion Post Wolcott, and Others

Friday, October 21, 2011–Sunday, January 22, 2012Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, New York)If anyone is heading up to Buffalo later this fall/winter, this exhibition looks fantastic.

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Full Color Depression: First Kodachromes from America’s Heartland
Photographs by Jack Delano, Russell Lee, Marion Post Wolcott, and Others

Friday, October 21, 2011–Sunday, January 22, 2012
Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, New York)

If anyone is heading up to Buffalo later this fall/winter, this exhibition looks fantastic.