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John Collier

Rolling Coal: 1942

November 1942. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Champion No. 1 cleaning plant. Loaded coal cars ready for market." Photo by John Collier, Office of War Information. View full size.

November 1942. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Champion No. 1 cleaning plant. Loaded coal cars ready for market." Photo by John Collier, Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Mantrip: 1942

November 1942. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Westland coal mine. 'Mantrip' going into a drift mine." Acetate negative by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.

November 1942. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Westland coal mine. 'Mantrip' going into a drift mine." Acetate negative by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Clean Energy: 1942

November 1942. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Champion No. 1 coal cleaning plant. Loading cars with clean coal." Photo by John Collier, Office of War Information. View full size.

November 1942. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Champion No. 1 coal cleaning plant. Loading cars with clean coal." Photo by John Collier, Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Let's Eat: 1942

November 1942. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour No. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Andy Piatnik, miner who is an Office of Civilian Defense instructor, and family at home." Acetate negative by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.

November 1942. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour No. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Andy Piatnik, miner who is an Office of Civilian Defense instructor, and family at home." Acetate negative by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Coal Goes to War: 1942

November 1942. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Champion No. 1 coal cleaning plant of Pittsburgh Coal Company." Photo by John Collier, Office of War Information. View full size.

November 1942. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Champion No. 1 coal cleaning plant of Pittsburgh Coal Company." Photo by John Collier, Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Play It as It Lays: 1943

January 1943. "Penasco, New Mexico. Marjorie Muller, Red Cross resident nurse of the clinic operated by the Taos County cooperative health association, playing bridge at the forest ranger's house." Photo by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.

January 1943. "Penasco, New Mexico. Marjorie Muller, Red Cross resident nurse of the clinic operated by the Taos County cooperative health association, playing bridge at the forest ranger's house." Photo by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Cat Patrol: 1942

November 1942. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour No. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Assistant superintendent getting ready for a hunting trip." Medium format acetate negative by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.

November 1942. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour No. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Assistant superintendent getting ready for a hunting trip." Medium format acetate negative by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Anybody's Rhubarb: 1942

April 1942. "Provincetown, Massachusetts. Portuguese grocer." Our third visit to Anybody's Market, purveyor of Monarch Finer Foods. 4x5 acetate negative by John Collier. View full size.

April 1942. "Provincetown, Massachusetts. Portuguese grocer." Our third visit to Anybody's Market, purveyor of Monarch Finer Foods. 4x5 acetate negative by John Collier. View full size.

 

Anybody's Market: 1942

April 1942. Provincetown, Massachusetts. "Market in Portuguese fishermen's section." The grocery seen here in the previous post. 4x5 acetate negative by John Collier. View full size.

April 1942. Provincetown, Massachusetts. "Market in Portuguese fishermen's section." The grocery seen here in the previous post. 4x5 acetate negative by John Collier. View full size.

 

Portugrocer: 1942

April 1942. "Provincetown, Massachusetts. Portuguese grocer." 4x5 inch acetate negative by John Collier for the U.S. Office of the Coordinator of Information. View full size.

April 1942. "Provincetown, Massachusetts. Portuguese grocer." 4x5 inch acetate negative by John Collier for the U.S. Office of the Coordinator of Information. View full size.

 

Woo Woo: 1942

September 1942. "Boy and girl from Richwood, West Virginia, en route to upper New York state to work in the harvest." The young man last seen here. And here. Acetate negative (colorized by Shorpy) by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

September 1942. "Boy and girl from Richwood, West Virginia, en route to upper New York state to work in the harvest." The young man last seen here. And here. Acetate negative (colorized by Shorpy) by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

File M for Mazique : 1942

Winter 1942. Washington, D.C. "Jewel Mazique on temporary duty checking filing systems in the Library of Congress." 4x5 inch acetate negative by John Collier for the U.S. Office of the Coordinator of Information. View full size.

Winter 1942. Washington, D.C. "Jewel Mazique on temporary duty checking filing systems in the Library of Congress." 4x5 inch acetate negative by John Collier for the U.S. Office of the Coordinator of Information. View full size.

 

Light Reading: 1942

Winter 1942. Washington, D.C. "Jewel Mazique, Negro federal worker employed in the Library of Congress, spends much of her time reading." (Image in a jacket marked "Killed.") Acetate negative by John Collier for the U.S. Office of the Coordinator of Information. View full size.

Winter 1942. Washington, D.C. "Jewel Mazique, Negro federal worker employed in the Library of Congress, spends much of her time reading." (Image in a jacket marked "Killed.") Acetate negative by John Collier for the U.S. Office of the Coordinator of Information. View full size.

 

Hello World: 1942

September 1942. Batavia, New York. "Elba FSA farm labor camp. Boys and girls from West Virginia who came to upper New York state to help in the harvest. Boy in the center said, 'Please take my picture now; I want the world to see me when I am happy!' " 4x5 inch acetate negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

September 1942. Batavia, New York. "Elba FSA farm labor camp. Boys and girls from West Virginia who came to upper New York state to help in the harvest. Boy in the center said, 'Please take my picture now; I want the world to see me when I am happy!' " 4x5 inch acetate negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Richwood Depot: 1942

September 1942. Richwood, West Virginia. "Baltimore & Ohio train will take 300 men and women recruited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in day coaches to harvest crops in New York State." Photo by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

September 1942. Richwood, West Virginia. "Baltimore & Ohio train will take 300 men and women recruited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in day coaches to harvest crops in New York State." Photo by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 
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