Spectacular collection of nine photographs of men and boys playing marbles in various parts of the country during the depression. They are approx. 8" x 10" glossy fiber silver gelatin image printed directly from the original negative by the Library of Congress photo lab. Description in pencil on verso signed with Library of Congress stamp and negative number in pencil. The photographers represented here are Russell Lee (5 images) John Vachon (2), Marion Post Wolcott (1) and Arthur Rothstein (1).
The images by John Vachon are titled BOYS IN MARBLE GAME, Woodbine IA. May, 1940 and SHOOTING MARBLES, woodbine, Iowa. May 1940.
The image by Arthur Rothstein is entitled PLAYING MARBLES, FSA CAMP, ROBSTOWN, TEXAS, January, 1942.
The Marion post Wolcott photograph is titled CAMP MEMBERS CHILDREN PLAYING MARBLES OUTSIDE THEIR SHELTER UNITS AT OKEECHOBEE MIGRATORY LABOR CAMP, BELLGRADE FLORIDA. June 1940.
Here are the Russell Lee, two images depicting “NEGROS PLAYING MARBLES ON THE FIRST WARM DAY IN THE SPRING. IN THIS GAME THE PLAYER SHOOTS FROM HOLD A WHOLE, THE SAME IDEA AS IN GOLF OR MINIATURE GOLF. EUFAULA OK February 1940; CHILDREN OF MORMON FARMER PLAYING MARBLES IN THE LIVING ROOM, SANTA CLARA, UTAH, 1940; Woodville California. FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FARMWORKERS COMMUNITY. SOME OF THE MIGRANT AGRICULTURAL WORKERS PLAYING MARBLES January 1942; BOYS PLAYING MARBLES AT THE FSA FARMWORKERS COMMUNITY, FRIENDLY CORNER, ARIZONA March 1942: CHILDREN OF MORMON FARMER PLAYING MARVELS IN THE LIVING ROOM, SANTA CLARA UTAH, October 1940.
A spectacular collection.