The Poker Game

This odd sequence depicting a strip poker game was taken in 1941 by Arthur Siegel.

Gallipolis

These photos of Gallipolis, Ohio were taken by Arthur Siegel in 1943.

 Gate man opening front gate of Gallipolis lock as steamboat goes through

  

 Girl flag bearers at Decoration Day ceremonies

  

 Girl scouts at Decoration Day ceremonies

  

 List of county boys who have gone off to war

  

 Part of crowd listening to Decoration Day ceremonies

  

 School band playing at Decoration Day ceremonies

  

Towboat Catharine Davis in Gallipolis locks

Interlochen

Interlochen, Michigan has a national music camp where young musicians study symphonic music for eight weeks each summer. These photos by Arthur Siegel are from 1942; Interlochen Center for the Arts is still going strong today. Unfortunately this set only shows the campers engaged in various recreational activities; the ones of them actually playing music are too lo-res.

 Girl putting check on checkboard to indicate she is in swimming

  

 Girls playing badminton

  

 Girls swimming during the recreation period

  

 Girls swimming during the recreation period

  

 Mail from home

  

 A student eating an ice cream cone

[notice the small violin pin on her collar]

  

 Swimming dock

  

 Writing to the boyfriend back home

  

Picking wild berries

Crowley-Milner department store

Photos by Arthur Siegel of this department store in (pre-bankrupt) Detroit.

 Buying a radio in the Crowley-Milner department store, 1941

  

Class for receivers of telephone orders at the Crowley-Milner department store, 1941

  

 Corset department at the Crowley-Milner department store, 1941

  

 Operator taking telephone orders at the Crowley-Milner department store, 1941

  

 Radio broadcast in the Crowley-Milner department store, 1941

  

 Towel department at the Crowley-Milner department store, 1941

  

 Women drying their hair in the beauty shop at the Crowley-Milner department store, 1941

  

 Women paying bills at the charge account window 

at the Crowley-Milner department store, 1941

  

Women shoppers at lunch at the Crowley-Milner department store, 1941

Arthur Siegel

 Detroit, Michigan. Little girl with ice cream cone in the zoological park, 1942

  

 Detroit, Michigan. Little girls wheeling baby brother in a carriage, 1942

  

 Detroit, Michigan. Marchers in the Labor Day parade, 1942

  

 Detroit, Michigan. Radio broadcast in the Crowley-Milner department store, 1941

  

 Detroit, Michigan. Sailors and girls at zoological park, 1942

  

 Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by the 

Work Projects Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds, 1942

  

 Detroit, Michigan. War worker and family strolling through the zoological park, 1942

  

 Detroit, Michigan. Woman holding a harness strap 

to prevent child from getting lost in zoological park, 1942

  

Detroit, Michigan. Young mother with her own and neighbor's child, 1942

Arthur Siegel

Arthur Siegel was a photographer for the Office of War Information during World War II. After the war  he became a pioneer in the creative use of color photography.

 Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. A girl arc welder, 1943

  

 Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. 

Union leader making an address at a launching ceremony, 1943

  

 Detroit, Michigan. A steady stream of bodies for Dodge Army trucks receive 

important finishing operations along this section of the production line, 1942

  

 Detroit, Michigan. A Venetian night part at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Girl with clothing swimming, 1940

  

 Detroit, Michigan. A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Commodore and girls drinking, 1940

  

 Detroit, Michigan. A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Crowd dancing, 1940

  

 Detroit, Michigan. A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Girl dancers, 1940

  

 Detroit, Michigan. Child in toddler go-cart, 1942

  

 Detroit, Michigan. Fashion show presented by the Chrysler Girls' Club of the Chrysler Corporation at Saks Fifth Avenue store. Girl modeling a corsellette, 1942

[if you look closely you'll see there are two women in this photo]

  

Detroit, Michigan. Girls coming out of the Highland Park Chrysler plant, 1942