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Edge of the Dream: Photographs of the Depression

Jan Marsh, curator

October 13, 1991–December 1, 1991

Salina Arts Center, Salina, Kansas

Works of art

Seed Catalogs, John Collier — John Collier

Seed Catalogs, 1942

The Greensboro Lumber Co., Greensboro, Georgia, Jack Delano — Jack Delano

The Greensboro Lumber Co., Greensboro, Georgia, 1941

Sign on highway between Sykesville, Pennsylvania and Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Jack Delano — Jack Delano

Sign on highway between Sykesville, Pennsylvania and Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, 1940

Farmer's Kitchen, Hale County, Alabama, Walker Evans — Walker Evans

Farmer's Kitchen, Hale County, Alabama, 1936

Gas Station, Reedsville, West Virginia, Walker Evans — Walker Evans

Gas Station, Reedsville, West Virginia, 1936

Houses and Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama, Walker Evans — Walker Evans

Houses and Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama, 1936

Negro Church, South Carolina, Walker Evans — Walker Evans

Negro Church, South Carolina, 1936

Roadside Church in Tennessee, Walker Evans — Walker Evans

Roadside Church in Tennessee, 1937

Rural Home, Southeastern U.S., Walker Evans — Walker Evans

Rural Home, Southeastern U.S., 1936

Sharecropper's Family, Hale County, Alabama, Walker Evans — Walker Evans

Sharecropper's Family, Hale County, Alabama, 1936

Sharecropper's Wife, Hale County, Alabama, Walker Evans — Walker Evans

Sharecropper's Wife, Hale County, Alabama, 1936

Eating Pie at Pie Supper in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, Russell Lee — Russell Lee

Eating Pie at Pie Supper in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, 1940

Main Street & U.S. Hwy #60, Pietown, New Mexico, Russell Lee — Russell Lee

Main Street & U.S. Hwy #60, Pietown, New Mexico, 1941

Mass Meeting Called to Raise Funds to Continue WPA Road Work, San Augustine, Texas, Russell Lee — Russell Lee

Mass Meeting Called to Raise Funds to Continue WPA Road Work, San Augustine, Texas, 1939

Round Dance Between Squares at Dance in MacIntosh County, Oklahoma, Russell Lee — Russell Lee

Round Dance Between Squares at Dance in MacIntosh County, Oklahoma, 1940

School Children Singing, Pie Town, New Mexico, Russell Lee — Russell Lee

School Children Singing, Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940

Serving Barbecue at Pie Town Fair, New Mexico, Russell Lee — Russell Lee

Serving Barbecue at Pie Town Fair, New Mexico, 1940

Mexican beet worker washing up after a day's work near East Grand Forks, Minnesota, Russell Lee — Russell Lee

Mexican beet worker washing up after a day's work near East Grand Forks, Minnesota, 1937

Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, Arthur Rothstein — Arthur Rothstein

Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936

Girl at Gee's Bend, Alabama, Arthur Rothstein — Arthur Rothstein

Girl at Gee's Bend, Alabama, 1937

John Dudeck, Dalton, New York, Arthur Rothstein — Arthur Rothstein

John Dudeck, Dalton, New York, 1937

The family of a migratory fruit worker from Tennessee now camped in a field near the packinghouse at Winter Haven, Florida, Arthur Rothstein — Arthur Rothstein

The family of a migratory fruit worker from Tennessee now camped in a field near the packinghouse at Winter Haven, Florida, 1937

Migrant Worker, Visalia, California, Arthur Rothstein — Arthur Rothstein

Migrant Worker, Visalia, California, 1940

Postmaster Brown, Old Rag, Virginia, Arthur Rothstein — Arthur Rothstein

Postmaster Brown, Old Rag, Virginia, 1935

Shoeshine Man, New York City, Arthur Rothstein — Arthur Rothstein

Shoeshine Man, New York City, 1937

Skull, Badlands, South Dakota, Arthur Rothstein — Arthur Rothstein

Skull, Badlands, South Dakota, 1936

Vernon Evans (with his family) of Lemmon, South Dakota, near Missoula, Montana on Highway 10. Leaving grasshopper-ridden and drought-stricken area for a new start in Oregon or Washington., Arthur Rothstein — Arthur Rothstein

Vernon Evans (with his family) of Lemmon, South Dakota, near Missoula, Montana on Highway 10. Leaving grasshopper-ridden and drought-stricken area for a new start in Oregon or Washington., 1936

Baltimore, John Vachon — John Vachon

Baltimore, 1938

School Children, Irwinville, Georgia, John Vachon — John Vachon

School Children, Irwinville, Georgia, circa 1940

Washington, D.C., John Vachon — John Vachon

Washington, D.C., circa 1940

Baptism of members of Primitive Baptist Church in Triplett Creek, Rowan County, near Morehead, Kentucky, Marion Post Wolcott — Marion Post Wolcott

Baptism of members of Primitive Baptist Church in Triplett Creek, Rowan County, near Morehead, Kentucky, 1940

Negro Sharecropper Family Working in Cotton Field, Georgia, Marion Post Wolcott — Marion Post Wolcott

Negro Sharecropper Family Working in Cotton Field, Georgia, circa 1938

Interior of Classroom in Old Goodman School, Coffee County, Alabama, Marion Post Wolcott — Marion Post Wolcott

Interior of Classroom in Old Goodman School, Coffee County, Alabama, 1939

Leaving church, Linworth, Ohio, Ben Shahn — Ben Shahn

Leaving church, Linworth, Ohio, 1938

Strawberry Picker's Child, Ben Shahn — Ben Shahn

Strawberry Picker's Child, 1935

A Citizen Who Has Lost His Farm, Ben Shahn — Ben Shahn

A Citizen Who Has Lost His Farm, 1939