Picture Collection records 1896-1999
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Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965
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Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), American documentary photographer and photojournalist, was born Dorothea Margarette Nutzhorn in Hoboken, New Jersey. She worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression. From the description of Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10582293 In the spring of 1942, Dorothea Lange was hired by the War Relocation Authority to document the movement of Japanese-Americans during relo...
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
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Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940), an American photographer, began his career as a teacher at the Ethical Culture School in New York City. He first used a camera to record activities at the school. Subsequently he photographed immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, the shocking condition of child laborers throughout the U.S., the activities of the American Red Cross in World War I, and workers in various industries. He was commissioned to create photo-essays for industry and periodicals. His early pho...
Stryker, Roy Emerson, 1893-1975
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Director of the Farm Security Administration Historical Section; Washington, D.C. Under Stryker the Photographic project of the FSA documented the drought, poverty and despair of rural and urban America during the Depression. From the description of Oral history interview with Roy Emerson Stryker, 1963-1965 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79221042 Director of the Farm Security Administration Historical Section; Washingt...
Javitz, Romana
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Romana Javitz was born in Russia in 1903. She immigrated with her parents, Elias and Malvine, to the United States in 1906. The family settled in New York City, where her mother worked as a hat milliner, and her father as an importer of fine and rare woods. While studying painting at the Art Student's League, Javitz began working part-time at the New York Public Library. She worked first in the Children's Room (1919) and later in the Picture Collection (1924). During 192...
Evans, Walker, 1903-1975
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Walker Evans (1903-1975) was a photographer. From the description of Oral history interview with Walker Evans, 1971 Oct. 13-Dec. 23 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595155 Photographer and professor at Yale; best known for documenting the people and conditions of the southern United States during the Great Depression. From the description of Walker Evans photographs, 1935-1936. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 55636072 P...
New York Public Library. Picture Collection.
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The New York Public Library Picture Collection, comprised of clipped illustrations from books, newspapers and magazines as well as loose photographs, prints and postcards, was established in 1914. The Library assigned Ellen Perkins, a chief cataloger in the Circulation Department, to oversee the program's development. In 1929, Romana Javitz succeeded Perkins as Head of the Picture Collection. During Javitz's long tenure, the collection grew tremendously, access was impro...
