
4 0 c m
32cm
actual image size: 24cm x 32cm
Description
Young people in a 'juke joint' and bar in the vegetable section of the Glades area of south central Florida, c 1940s. Photograph taken by Marion Post Walcott when working for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) as part of Roosevelt's New Deal. The FSA and the Office of War Administration (OWI) produced some of the most remarkable social documentary photographs of the 20th century in their attempt to produce an encyclopaedic record of American life between 1935 and 1944.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10318775
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