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Resources for locating images from the FSA/OWI Photographers

Library of Congress FSA/OWI Photo Collection websites:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fahome.html
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/fsowhome.html

Color Photos from The Depression

Roy Stryker Collection: University of Louisville

Library of Congress: Teacher Site

A Photo Essay on the Great Depression

Depression Era Photography

Daring to Look: Dorothea Lange's Photographs and Reports from the Field
(book companion website) (NPR News Story about the  book)

Dorothea Lange Collections

Farming in the 30s: FSA Photographers

Every Picture Tells A Story: Documentary Photography & The Great Depression

Gordon Parks' unique American perspective (USA Today)

Overview Photographs of the Great Depression

The Power of Dorothea Lange's Pictures  (America's Story from America's Library)

Images of the Great Depression: A Photographic Essay/Using FSA Photos In The Classroom
http://www.oah.org/pubs/magazine/greatdepression/stevens-fogel-photos.html

and
http://www.oah.org/pubs/magazine/greatdepression/stevens-fogel.html