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Tag Archives: photography
Throwbacklist Thursday: Goils Were Goils and Men Were Men
in american history, art, Chicago, communication, photography
Tagged 1930s, Great Depression, journalism, New Deal, photography, Throwbacklist Thursday, World's Fair, WPA
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Generally considered a bummer of epic proportions, the Great Depression nonetheless inspired a measure of nostalgia. Americans looked back to a simpler time, of lives unencumbered by food, employment, homes, or arable Great Plains farmland. Liberals celebrated the halcyon days … Continue reading
Two central Illinois newspapers recently profiled David Zalaznik’s new book Life along the Illinois River. The Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette story is currently behind a fee-based archive wall, but the Springfield State Journal-Register piece is available here. “Work on the book started in November 2005, when … Continue reading