Farm Security Administration photographs
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Farm Security Administration photographs are a renowned body of documentary images from the 1930s and early 1940s that vividly captured the hardships of the Great Depression and rural American life.
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Target entity: Farm Security Administration photographs Context triple: [Dorothea Lange, knownFor, Farm Security Administration photographs]
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Farm Security Administration photographers
Farm Security Administration photographers were a group of U.S. government-hired documentary photographers in the 1930s and early 1940s who created iconic images of rural poverty and New Deal America.
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Resettlement Administration
The Resettlement Administration was a New Deal U.S. federal agency that relocated struggling rural families, developed planned communities, and implemented land conservation and rehabilitation projects during the Great Depression.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration was a New Deal agency that sought to raise agricultural prices and support farmers by reducing crop surpluses through government intervention and subsidies.
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Civil Works Administration
The Civil Works Administration was a short-lived U.S. federal jobs program of the New Deal that provided millions of unemployed workers with temporary manual labor on public works projects during the Great Depression.
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E.
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was a New Deal agency that provided direct relief and work relief to millions of unemployed Americans during the Great Depression.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Farm Security Administration photographs Target entity description: Farm Security Administration photographs are a renowned body of documentary images from the 1930s and early 1940s that vividly captured the hardships of the Great Depression and rural American life.
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A.
Farm Security Administration photographers
Farm Security Administration photographers were a group of U.S. government-hired documentary photographers in the 1930s and early 1940s who created iconic images of rural poverty and New Deal America.
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B.
Resettlement Administration
The Resettlement Administration was a New Deal U.S. federal agency that relocated struggling rural families, developed planned communities, and implemented land conservation and rehabilitation projects during the Great Depression.
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C.
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration was a New Deal agency that sought to raise agricultural prices and support farmers by reducing crop surpluses through government intervention and subsidies.
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D.
Civil Works Administration
The Civil Works Administration was a short-lived U.S. federal jobs program of the New Deal that provided millions of unemployed workers with temporary manual labor on public works projects during the Great Depression.
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E.
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was a New Deal agency that provided direct relief and work relief to millions of unemployed Americans during the Great Depression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States government work
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documentary photography project ⓘ photographic collection ⓘ |
| aimedAt | building public support for New Deal policies ⓘ |
| archiveAt |
Library of Congress
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Prints and Photographs Division ⓘ
surface form:
Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress
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| commissionedBy |
Farm Security Administration
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United States government ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
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| continuedAs | Office of War Information photography project ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| curatedBy | Roy Stryker ⓘ |
| depicts |
Dust Bowl migrants
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Great Depression ⓘ
surface form:
Great Depression in the United States
New Deal programs ⓘ poverty in the United States ⓘ rural life in the United States ⓘ sharecroppers ⓘ tenant farmers ⓘ |
| endTime | 1944 ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary photography
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photojournalism ⓘ |
| hasPart | Office of War Information photographs ⓘ |
| hasPhotographer |
Arthur Rothstein
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Ben Shahn ⓘ Carl Mydans ⓘ Dorothea Lange ⓘ Esther Bubley ⓘ Gordon Parks ⓘ Jack Delano ⓘ John Vachon ⓘ Marion Post Wolcott ⓘ Russell Lee ⓘ Walker Evans ⓘ |
| inception |
Resettlement Administration
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surface form:
Resettlement Administration photography project
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| influenced |
American documentary photography
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photojournalism in the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| license | public domain ⓘ |
| medium |
black-and-white photography
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color photography ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Allie Mae Burroughs portraits
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Migrant Mother ⓘ |
| numberOfItems | over 170000 ⓘ |
| organizedBy | Roy Stryker ⓘ |
| partOf | Farm Security Administration ⓘ |
| startTime | 1935 ⓘ |
| subject |
child labor and child poverty
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economic hardship ⓘ farm labor and agricultural work ⓘ race relations in the United States ⓘ rural housing conditions ⓘ |
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Subject: Farm Security Administration photographs Description of subject: Farm Security Administration photographs are a renowned body of documentary images from the 1930s and early 1940s that vividly captured the hardships of the Great Depression and rural American life.
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