Historical Photos on Photogrammar

Photogrammar is a fun website to explore. It organizes photographs taken between 1935 and 1945 by the U.S. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information. Go to the interactive map to see what's available for areas of your interest.

Many photos are of people working - on farms, in factories, on docks. Other photos reflect the hard times many people experienced in that era.

Skid row in San Francisco, 1937. Photographer - Dorothea Lange.

Unfortunately I found one example of mislabeling. In the Harris County, TX area were several photos from Harrison County, TX, including the photo below.

A former slave holds a horn once used to call slaves, Marshall, TX, 1939. Photographer - Russell Lee.

Joy