Carl Mydans photographs, 1935-1968.

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Carl Mydans photographs, 1935-1968.

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Accession (2010-0023) includes (66) black and white 8x10 and 11x14 photographs made for the Farm Security Administration and LIFE magazine. Subjects include rural America, migrant farm workers, and Freer, Texas, during the Great Depression; the Sino-Japanese War and 1940s China; World War II, including the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, General MacArthur's return, the liberation of Italy and France, and the surrender of Japan; the Japanese war crimes tribunals; the Fukui, Japan, earthquake in 1948; and the Korean War. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts.

66 items (2.0 lin. ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7625063

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Mydans, Carl 1907-

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Photojournalist for the Farm Security Administration and staff photographer for LIFE magazine. Covered World War II and the Korean War. From the description of Carl Mydans photographs, 1935-1968. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 503571049 Photographer, associated with the Farm Security Administration; b. May 20, 1907, Boston, Mass.; d. August 16, 2004, Larchmont, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Carl Mydans, 1964 Apr. 29. (Un...