Louise Rosskam's social reform photography is not as well known as other FSA photographer's such as Dorothea Lange, John Vachon, and Berenice Abbott. Working with her husband Edwin, whom she collaborated with for over 30 years, she compiled a significant collection of depression era images. Her commitment to photography as a means to a greater social purpose resulted in many of her works not being attributed to her. After the FSA program was shut down she went to work again for Roy Stryker, the former head of the FSA program, who was now heading up a new public relations program for the Standard Oil Company. She went on to work for the Puerto Rico Office of Information and the New Jersey Department of Education.

In a window of each of the houses you can see the blue star on the silver background. The Blue Star Mothers organization started in 1942 to support the sons and daughter's at war, and provided these flags to show how many family members were in the war. The stars were covered with a gold star in the event a person died. The program is still active today. Rosskam photographed many store and home fronts in Washington D.C.

This image is taken from "Bound for Glory, America in Color, 1939-1943" and you can find out more about FSA photographs by clicking on the book listed below

Medium : 1 transparency : color

Created/Published :Between 1941-1942

Creator : Louise Rosskam, photographer, 1910-2003

Part of the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection housed in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress

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Product #: fsac1a34419