Edge of the Dream: Photographs of the Depression | Spencer Museum of Art

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Edge of the Dream: Photographs of the Depression

Jan Marsh, curator

Salina Arts Center, Salina, Kansas

Works of art

John Collier (1913–1992), Seed Catalogs — Seed Catalogs

John Collier

1942

Jack Delano (1914–1997), The Greensboro Lumber Co., Greensboro, Georgia — The Greensboro Lumber Co., Greensboro, Georgia

Jack Delano

1941

Jack Delano (1914–1997), Sign on highway between Sykesville, Pennsylvania and Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania — Sign on highway between Sykesville, Pennsylvania and Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania

Jack Delano

1940

Walker Evans (1903–1975), Farmer's Kitchen, Hale County, Alabama — Farmer's Kitchen, Hale County, Alabama

Walker Evans

1936

Walker Evans (1903–1975), Gas Station, Reedsville, West Virginia — Gas Station, Reedsville, West Virginia

Walker Evans

1936

Walker Evans (1903–1975), Houses and Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama — Houses and Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama

Walker Evans

1936

Walker Evans (1903–1975), Negro Church, South Carolina — Negro Church, South Carolina

Walker Evans

1936

Walker Evans (1903–1975), Roadside Church in Tennessee — Roadside Church in Tennessee

Walker Evans

1937

Walker Evans (1903–1975), Rural Home, Southeastern U.S. — Rural Home, Southeastern U.S.

Walker Evans

1936

Walker Evans (1903–1975), Sharecropper's Family, Hale County, Alabama — Sharecropper's Family, Hale County, Alabama

Walker Evans

1936

Walker Evans (1903–1975), Sharecropper's Wife, Hale County, Alabama — Sharecropper's Wife, Hale County, Alabama

Walker Evans

1936

Russell Lee (1903–1986), Eating Pie at Pie Supper in Muskogee County, Oklahoma — Eating Pie at Pie Supper in Muskogee County, Oklahoma

Russell Lee

1940

Russell Lee (1903–1986), Main Street & U.S. Hwy #60, Pietown, New Mexico — Main Street & U.S. Hwy #60, Pietown, New Mexico

Russell Lee

1941

Russell Lee (1903–1986), Mass Meeting Called to Raise Funds to Continue WPA Road Work, San Augustine, Texas — Mass Meeting Called to Raise Funds to Continue WPA Road Work, San Augustine, Texas

Russell Lee

1939

Russell Lee (1903–1986), Round Dance Between Squares at Dance in MacIntosh County, Oklahoma — Round Dance Between Squares at Dance in MacIntosh County, Oklahoma

Russell Lee

1940

Russell Lee (1903–1986), School Children Singing, Pie Town, New Mexico — School Children Singing, Pie Town, New Mexico

Russell Lee

1940

Russell Lee (1903–1986), Serving Barbecue at Pie Town Fair, New Mexico — Serving Barbecue at Pie Town Fair, New Mexico

Russell Lee

1940

Russell Lee (1903–1986), Mexican beet worker washing up after a day's work near East Grand Forks, Minnesota — Mexican beet worker washing up after a day's work near East Grand Forks, Minnesota

Russell Lee

1937

Arthur Rothstein (1915–1985), Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma — Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma

Arthur Rothstein

1936

Arthur Rothstein (1915–1985), Girl at Gee's Bend, Alabama — Girl at Gee's Bend, Alabama

Arthur Rothstein

1937

Arthur Rothstein (1915–1985), John Dudeck, Dalton, New York — John Dudeck, Dalton, New York

Arthur Rothstein

1937

Arthur Rothstein (1915–1985), The family of a migratory fruit worker from Tennessee now camped in a field near the packinghouse at Winter Haven, Florida — The family of a migratory fruit worker from Tennessee now camped in a field near the packinghouse at Winter Haven, Florida

Arthur Rothstein

1937

Arthur Rothstein (1915–1985), Migrant Worker, Visalia, California — Migrant Worker, Visalia, California

Arthur Rothstein

1940

Arthur Rothstein (1915–1985), Postmaster Brown, Old Rag, Virginia — Postmaster Brown, Old Rag, Virginia

Arthur Rothstein

1935

Arthur Rothstein (1915–1985), Shoeshine Man, New York City — Shoeshine Man, New York City

Arthur Rothstein

1937

Arthur Rothstein (1915–1985), Skull, Badlands, South Dakota — Skull, Badlands, South Dakota

Arthur Rothstein

1936

Arthur Rothstein (1915–1985), 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. — 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

1936

John Vachon (1914–1975), Baltimore — Baltimore

John Vachon

1938

John Vachon (1914–1975), School Children, Irwinville, Georgia — School Children, Irwinville, Georgia

John Vachon

circa 1940

John Vachon (1914–1975), Washington, D.C. — Washington, D.C.

John Vachon

circa 1940

Marion Post Wolcott (1910–1990), Baptism of members of Primitive Baptist Church in Triplett Creek, Rowan County, near Morehead, Kentucky — Baptism of members of Primitive Baptist Church in Triplett Creek, Rowan County, near Morehead, Kentucky

Marion Post Wolcott

1940

Marion Post Wolcott (1910–1990), Negro Sharecropper Family Working in Cotton Field, Georgia — Negro Sharecropper Family Working in Cotton Field, Georgia

Marion Post Wolcott

circa 1938

Marion Post Wolcott (1910–1990), Interior of Classroom in Old Goodman School, Coffee County, Alabama — Interior of Classroom in Old Goodman School, Coffee County, Alabama

Marion Post Wolcott

1939

Ben Shahn (1898–1969), Leaving church, Linworth, Ohio — Leaving church, Linworth, Ohio

Ben Shahn

1938

Ben Shahn (1898–1969), Strawberry Picker's Child — Strawberry Picker's Child

Ben Shahn

1935

Ben Shahn (1898–1969), A Citizen Who Has Lost His Farm — A Citizen Who Has Lost His Farm

Ben Shahn

1939