Carl Mydans - 1935

Carl Mydans was another Farm Security Administration photographer whose life and career took some dramatic turns, as he and his wife were captured by the Japanese in World War II during his stint as a wartime photojournalist (more about Mydans on Wikipedia).

Tenement kitchen, Hamilton County, Ohio, 1935

Tenement bedroom and kitchen, Hamilton County, Ohio, 1935

Bedroom of relief family, Hamilton County, Ohio, 1935

Women washing clothes, Crabtree Recreational Project, near Raleigh, North Carolina, 1935


Three of the family of nine living in field in rough board covering built on old Ford truck chassis on U.S. Route 70, between Camden and Bruceton, Tennessee, 1935