Documenting the Homefront
Marjory Collins (1912-1985)
Verona, New Jersey.
Sewing stripes on an American flag
at the Annin Flag Company,
March 1943
Contemporary print made
from original negative
Prints & Photographs
Division
O.W.I. transfer, 1946 (4.10)
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Between 1935 and 1943, top-caliber photographers such as Marjory
Collins, Gordon Parks, Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, and Jack
Delano, working under the direction of Roy Stryker produced the
well-known photographic survey of America during the Depression
for the Farm Security Administration (FSA), which became the Office
of War Information (OWI). During WWII the OWI recorded homefront
activities that supported the war effort. In this image, photographer
Collins documented workers trying to keep up with orders at the
Annin Flag Company in Verona, New Jersey. And like many of the
photographs produced under government auspices, Collins's series
at the Annin Flag Company promoted the story of nation-wide mobilization.
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