Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks (1912-2006) was a multitalented African American photographer who, at various times in his life, was also musician, writer and film director (he directed the groundbreaking film "Shaft" in 1971).

A woman and her dog in the Harlem section, 1943

 American Gothic, 1942

 Anacostia, D.C. Frederick Douglass housing project. A dance group, 1942

 Anacostia, D.C. Frederick Douglass housing project. Mother and her daughter, 1942

 Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. "Queenie," a National Youth Administration student who expects to get a job in a Connecticut defense plant after her training, 1943

 Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. Students on the agricultural school farm feeding chickens, 1943

 Daytona Beach, Florida. Students in the home economics class, 1943

 Daytona Beach, Florida. Young boy on his front porch, 1943

 New York, New York. Harlem newsboy, 1943

 Southfields, New York. Interracial activities at Camp Nathan Hale, where children are aided by the Methodist Camp Service. First aid, 1943

 No caption

 Washington, D.C. Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, dressing her grandchildren, 1942

[the same woman in the "American Gothic" portrait above]

Washington, D.C. Negro children in the front door of their home, 1942

Harris & Ewing

 Flag Day. [Woodrow] Wilson speaking, 1914

 Frances Gulick, Y.W.C.A. girl, 1919

 Free Milk For France parade. Margaret Harding, Carter Millinken, 

Avis Hughes, Frances Hampson, 1918

 Friendship charity fete. Leiter children, 1915

 Friendship charity fete. Maypole dance, 1915

 Girl Scouts at White House, 1916-1919

 Girl Scouts gardening, 1917

 Girl Scouts, 1919

 Grand Army of the Republic. Dr. John M. Adams, 

Captain E. R. Monfort, Colonel John McElroy, Rev. Horace Carr, 1915

[The Grand Army of the Republic was an organization of Union Army Civil War veterans.]

Grand Army of the Republic. Parade at 1915 encampment

Japanese Internment - Tom Parker

 A bashful little girl is tickled at posing for her picture in a nursery school 

at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, 1943

 A choral group of 200 volunteer voices practicing for a Christmas Carol and program. 

Amache, Colorado, 1942

 A cold December afternoon doesn't dampen the spirits of these primary school girls as they compete in a racing game with the primary boys. Amache, Colorado, 1942

 A corner of the grade school library in one of the barracks. Amache, Colorado, 1942

 A demonstration of the theatrical folk lore of old Japan, as presented by players at this relocation center. Heart Mountain, Wyoming, 1942

 A group of actors in a scene from a play depicting a legendary incident of old Japan. Heart Mountain, Wyoming, 1942

 A group of Japanese-Americans listen to an explanation of the army questionnaires which give young men between the ages of 18 and 38 an opportunity to join the Army of the United States. Amache, Colorado, 1943

 A group of centerites gather around two of the center's expert Go players. The game, popularly conceived as a game of military strategy, it is more nearly a battle of keen wits. Heart Mountain, Wyoming, 1943

 A nursery school group at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, 1943

 A pre-school class in the Jerome Center grade school. Teachers are Marie Izume, Nelli Nishimura and Emiko Shinagawa. Denson, Arkansas, 1943

 A self organized string quartet, or more accurately, a harikuri band, 

in a practice session at the Jerome Center. Denson, Arkansas, 1943

[I've tried unsuccessfully to find out what a "harikuri band" is. Can anyone help?]

A silk screen booth produces clever souvenirs, string tags of Little Nebo center newspaper cartoon character. Amache, Colorado, 1943

Russell Lee - Kids

 Children on South Side of Chicago, Illinois, 1941

 Children on back of automobile, San Augustine, Texas, 1939

 Children watching parade pass by, National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana, 1938

 Children with ice cream cones, National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana, 1938

 Daughter of Gunnar Kvande, Williams County farmer, North Dakota, 1937

 Daughter of Olaf Fugelburg. Williams County, North Dakota, 1937

 Daughter of Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer, feeding corn to her three chickens which were her 4-H Club project, Creek County, Oklahoma, 1940

 Daughter of farmer, Chicot Farms, Arkansas, 1939

 Daughter of migrant family clutching trailer connections, Edinburg, Texas, 1939

 Daughter of migrant in doorway of trailer, Sebastin, Texas, 1939

End of the pie eating contest. Winner had hand raised. 4-H Club fair, Cimarron, Kansas, 1939

William Henry Jackson

 On the Tomoka, 1880-1897

 Orange pickers, Ormond, Florida, 1880-1897

 Raquette Lake, New York, 1900-1910

 Rubber trees near Palm Beach, 1880-1897

 Silver Springs on the Oclawaha, Florida 1902

 Steel viaduct over Des Moines River, Iowa, 

Chicago & North Western Railway, 1900

 The lake at Magnolia Gardens, Charleston, SC, 1895-1910

Waiting for the Sunday boat, 1902