Sarah Hoskins

New FSA List From February 19 ,1942

I recently came across a "new" list from the FSA from February 19,1942. I thought it was time to try something new.

" Small towns under war conditions""Select a small town some distance from large cities and make a camera study of how this town looks under war conditions.""Signs-stores, filling stations,etc."From R.E. StrykerTo Russell Lee, Arthur Rothstein in particular
   
"Poultry""Chickens in pens and yards."
   
"Production of food-fruits, vegetables,meat, poultry, eggs, milk and milk products, miscellaneous products."a. "Picking, hauling, sorting, preparing, drying, canning, packaging, loading for shipping."
     
  
" Small towns under war conditions""Select a small town some distance from large cities and make a camera study of how this town looks under war conditions."
   
"People- we must have at once:sitting on porch."
   
"The long shots for feel of the country."
     
  
"Watch for closed filling stations or eat joints."
   
"Farm Groups etc."
   
"What will happen to roadside hamburger stand?"
     
  
"The long shots for a "feel" of the country."
   
"signs"
   
"Select a small town some distance from large cities and make a camera study of how this town looks under war conditions."
     
  
" More neighborliness (Any evidence of this?)"
   
" People-we must have at once: Too many in our file now paint the U.S. as an old person's home and that just about everyone is too old to work and to malnourished to care much what happens. (Don't misunderstand the above the FSA is still interested in the lower income groups and we want to continue to photograph this group.)"