To The City

To The City

by Foulkes, Julia L.

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In the 1930's and 1940's, as the United States moved from a rural to an urban nation, the pull of the city was irrepressible. It was so strong that even a photographic mission designed to record the essence of rural America could not help but capture the energy of urbanization too. To the City showcases over 100 photographs from the Farm Security Administration (FSA) project along with extracts from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) guidebooks and oral histories, to convey the detail and …

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Title Statements

  • Full title :To The City / Julia L. Foulkes.

Summary

In the 1930's and 1940's, as the United States moved from a rural to an urban nation, the pull of the city was irrepressible. It was so strong that even a photographic mission designed to record the essence of rural America could not help but capture the energy of urbanization too. To the City showcases over 100 photographs from the Farm Security Administration (FSA) project along with extracts from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) guidebooks and oral histories, to convey the detail and dimensions of that transformation. This artfully grouped collection.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2011

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (143 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1592139981, 9781592139989, 159213999X, 9781592139996
  • oclc:on1154843215
  • LC Classification:TR659.8
  • Dewey Decimal:779/.473

Table of Contents

Intersection -- Traffic -- High life and low life -- City in the country -- Citizens.

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Subjects

City and town life City and town life -- Pictorial works. … History Manners and customs New Deal New Deal, 1933-1939 Photographie de rue -- Histoire -- 20e … Pictorial works Street photography Street photography -- History -- 20th c… United States United States -- Pictorial works. -- So… Vie urbaine -- Ouvrages illustrés. -- H…

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Foulkes, Julia L.

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