Comments on: Library of Congress on Flickr http://michaelshamoon.com/2009/08/10/library-of-congress-on-flickr/ Personal Weblog and Portfolio of Michael Shamoon Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:40:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: michael http://michaelshamoon.com/2009/08/10/library-of-congress-on-flickr/comment-page-1/#comment-769 michael Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:09:17 +0000 http://g-fighter.com/?p=981#comment-769 The olden days were so cool, the government commissioning photographers to take pictures of farmers? Man... Thanks for the history lesson on America, McHaggis The olden days were so cool, the government commissioning photographers to take pictures of farmers? Man…

Thanks for the history lesson on America, McHaggis

]]> By: KJ http://michaelshamoon.com/2009/08/10/library-of-congress-on-flickr/comment-page-1/#comment-768 KJ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:31:46 +0000 http://g-fighter.com/?p=981#comment-768 That shot was taken by Dorothea Lange, btw. That shot was taken by Dorothea Lange, btw.

]]> By: KJ http://michaelshamoon.com/2009/08/10/library-of-congress-on-flickr/comment-page-1/#comment-767 KJ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:31:11 +0000 http://g-fighter.com/?p=981#comment-767 The LoC libraries are great. The FSA tagged ones are particularly good. The Farm Security Administration at the time, '30s and '40s, hired the best photographers of the day to document the lives of American farmers. You'll probably recognise this shot. http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/fsa/8b29000/8b29500/8b29516r.jpg The LoC libraries are great. The FSA tagged ones are particularly good. The Farm Security Administration at the time, ’30s and ’40s, hired the best photographers of the day to document the lives of American farmers. You’ll probably recognise this shot.

http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/fsa/8b29000/8b29500/8b29516r.jpg

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