In This Proud Land: America, 1935-1943

by Roy Emerson Stryker

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During 1935-43 Roy Emerson STryker headed teh HIstorical SEction of the Farm Security Administration. He compiled history: some 270,000 photographs of American life. He also made history: assembling one fo the greatest terms [sic] of photographers ever known, and laying teh foundation for modern photo-documentation. From his personal collection of FSA pictures, he has chose his favorites for 'In This Proud Land'...200 black adn white photographs, by Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, CArl Mydans, Marion Post Wolcott, Ben Shah, Arthur Rothstein, Jack Delano, Russle Lee, and others.--… (more)

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During 1935-43 Roy Emerson STryker headed teh HIstorical SEction of the Farm Security Administration. He compiled history: some 270,000 photographs of American life. He also made history: assembling one fo the greatest terms [sic] of photographers ever known, and laying teh foundation for modern photo-documentation. From his personal collection of FSA pictures, he has chose his favorites for 'In This Proud Land'...200 black adn white photographs, by Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, CArl Mydans, Marion Post Wolcott, Ben Shah, Arthur Rothstein, Jack Delano, Russle Lee, and others.--

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