John Collier Jr. (1913-1992), Six Photographs of Rural Life in the 1940s (1941-1943)

John Collier Jr. (American, 1913-1992) Six Photographs of Rural Life in the 1940s (6 works), 1941-1943 Gelatin silver, printed 1970s 7-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches (19.1 x 24.1 cm), and slightly smaller Titles include: Saddle Horses, Chacon, Mora County, New Mexico, 1943; An Engineer on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Richwood, West Virginia, 1942; Women Workers Employed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Timber Salvage Sawmill, Mrs. Dorothy de Greenia, Slip Woman, Doesn't find her Job Hard After Years of Housework, Mrs. de Greenia's Husband is a Sawyer at Turkey Pond, They have a Son in the U.S. Army Somewhere in Australia, Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire, 1943; Picking up the Clay Section of the Special Train Carrying Agricultural Workers to Upper New York State, 1942; Deserted Diner near Syracuse, New York, 1941; and, Migratory Worker en Route to New York State from Richwood, Richwood, West Virginia, 1942.

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Condition Report: Sheets are loose; each sheet measures 8 x 10 inches; one small crease to the Horse's head, most noticeable in raking light; minor edgewear affecting the group; otherwise, there do not to be any other major condition issues affecting the group.