Iowa Farm Security Administration Photo Exhibit
The Farm Security Administration (FSA) Photo Exhibit was created by Phil Hopper, Department of Communication & Media. The Exhibit was displayed on the main floor of Rod Library at the University of Northern Iowa in 2019 (xxx until August 31). An article about the display is available through the Northern Iowan.
The images in this collection were all made in Iowa from the mid 1930s until the mid 1940s. They were taken by photographers working for the Depression era Farm Security Administration (FSA). The FSA is famous for its small but highly influential photography program that portrayed the challenges of rural poverty. The photographs in the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Photograph Collection form an extensive pictorial record of American life between 1935 and 1944. In total, the black-and-white portion of the collection consists of about 175,000 negatives.
Most of the photographs displayed here where collected by Interactive Digital Studies students from the UNI Department of Communication Studies. They were printed with the assistance of the Department of Art and the display was made possible by Rod Library staff. Special thanks to Gail Bunz and Julie Ann Beddow. For more information about this display contact Philip Hopper at philip.hopper@uni.edu.
Related collections by Phillip Hopper located in UNI ScholarWorks:
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![01 Young Girl Sitting on a Porch [photograph] by Farm Security Administration](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iafsa/1000/thumbnail.jpg "01 Young Girl Sitting on a Porch [photograph] by Farm Security Administration")
01 Young Girl Sitting on a Porch [photograph]
1935
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![02. Man Sitting on a Bench Outside a Store [photograph] by Farm Security Administration](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iafsa/1001/thumbnail.jpg "02. Man Sitting on a Bench Outside a Store [photograph] by Farm Security Administration")
![03. African-American Working in a Meat Packing Company [photograph] by Farm Security Administration](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iafsa/1002/thumbnail.jpg "03. African-American Working in a Meat Packing Company [photograph] by Farm Security Administration")
![04. African-American Machinist [photograph] by Farm Security Administration](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iafsa/1003/thumbnail.jpg "04. African-American Machinist [photograph] by Farm Security Administration")
![05. Spectators with Cars Watching a Race at the Iowa State Fair [photography] by Farm Security Administration](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iafsa/1004/thumbnail.jpg "05. Spectators with Cars Watching a Race at the Iowa State Fair [photography] by Farm Security Administration")
![06. Group of People Inside a Hog Barn at the Iowa State Fair [photograph] by Farm Security Administration](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iafsa/1005/thumbnail.jpg "06. Group of People Inside a Hog Barn at the Iowa State Fair [photograph] by Farm Security Administration")
![08. Group of Men Inside a Building at the Iowa State Fair [photograph] by Farm Security Administration](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iafsa/1007/thumbnail.jpg "08. Group of Men Inside a Building at the Iowa State Fair [photograph] by Farm Security Administration")
![09. Man Making an Announcement & a Man Leading a Horse [photograph] by Farm Security Administration](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iafsa/1008/thumbnail.jpg "09. Man Making an Announcement & a Man Leading a Horse [photograph] by Farm Security Administration")
![10. Group of Men at a Hog Event at the Iowa State Fair [photograph] by Farm Security Administration](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iafsa/1009/thumbnail.jpg "10. Group of Men at a Hog Event at the Iowa State Fair [photograph] by Farm Security Administration")
![11. A Woman with a Cow [photograph] by Farm Security Administration](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iafsa/1010/thumbnail.jpg "11. A Woman with a Cow [photograph] by Farm Security Administration")
![12. Man Holding an Ear of Corn [photograph] by Farm Security Administration](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iafsa/1011/thumbnail.jpg "12. Man Holding an Ear of Corn [photograph] by Farm Security Administration")
![13. A Priest Standing in a Doorway [photograph] by Farm Security Administration](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iafsa/1012/thumbnail.jpg "13. A Priest Standing in a Doorway [photograph] by Farm Security Administration")
![14. A Man at an Open Gate with a Church in the Background [photograph] by Farm Security Administration](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iafsa/1013/thumbnail.jpg "14. A Man at an Open Gate with a Church in the Background [photograph] by Farm Security Administration")
![15. Man in Overhalls Sitting in a Chair [photograph] by Farm Security Administration](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iafsa/1014/thumbnail.jpg "15. Man in Overhalls Sitting in a Chair [photograph] by Farm Security Administration")
![16 - Man in a Store Reaching for a Bucket Hanging from the Ceiling [photograph] by Farm Security Administration](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iafsa/1015/thumbnail.jpg "16 - Man in a Store Reaching for a Bucket Hanging from the Ceiling [photograph] by Farm Security Administration")
![17. Young Child Holding an Ear of Corn [photograph] by Farm Security Administration](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iafsa/1016/thumbnail.jpg "17. Young Child Holding an Ear of Corn [photograph] by Farm Security Administration")
![18. Man Smoking a Pipe Standing In Front of a Building [photograph] by Farm Security Administration](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iafsa/1017/thumbnail.jpg "18. Man Smoking a Pipe Standing In Front of a Building [photograph] by Farm Security Administration")
![19. Several Men Standing In Front of Train [photograph] by Farm Security Administration](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iafsa/1018/thumbnail.jpg "19. Several Men Standing In Front of Train [photograph] by Farm Security Administration")
![20. Man Standing at the Back of a Train [photograph] by Farm Security Administration](https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iafsa/1019/thumbnail.jpg "20. Man Standing at the Back of a Train [photograph] by Farm Security Administration")
