Iconic images chronicle nation’s character during difficult years
February 2 – March 9, 2007
Exhibit, docent-guided tours and lectures are free and open to the public.
One of the largest exhibits of black and white photographs documenting life in Depression-era America is making its Texas debut in Tarrant County.
"This Great Nation Will Endure" features more than 150 photographs from every region of the country.
Drawn from the massive Farm Security Administration (FSA) photography collection at the Library of Congress, these powerful images were taken between 1935 and 1942 by noted FSA photographers, including Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans and Ben Shahn.
A New Deal agency created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the FSA strived to help American farmers and farm laborers who were confronted by economic depression and natural disasters. The FSA created a remarkably diverse record of life in America during the 1930s and early 1940s - including images of hardship, endurance, hope, recovery, migration, recreation, and community life.
Created by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York, the exhibit at Tarrant County College, Northeast Campus is the result of a partnership between the Museum, the National Archives and Records Administration – Southwest Region, and Tarrant County College.
Highlight:
A soundtrack of FSA audio recordings of folk music sung by migrant workers.
Lecture Series
Thursday, February 9, 11:15 p.m.
Dr. Michael Lesy, Hampshire College and author of Long Time Coming: A Photographic Portrait of America, 1935-1943
Thursday, February 15, 12:30 p.m.
Dr. Paul Hendrickson, University of Pennsylvania and author of Bound for Glory: America in Color 1939-43
Thursday, February 22, 12:30 p.m.
Mr. Bill Ganzel, Photographer and owner of the Ganzel Group and author of Dust Bowl Descent
Tuesday, February 27, 12:30 p.m.
TCC Professors Wayne Zatopek and Peter Hacker on the Music of the Great Depression
Wednesday, March 7, 12:30 p.m.
Ms. Beverly Brannan, Curator of the Library of Congress and expert on photographs of the Farm Security Administration (FSA)
