Exhibition Hours
Oct 18, 12-5; Oct 19, 12-5; Oct 20, 12-5
Sale 2583 | Lot 110
Lot 110
(WAR ON POVERTY)
Group of more than 30 documentary photographs from the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO).
Many of these documentary and press photographs show children participating and benefitting from programs facilitated by the OEO. The collection includes a diverse range of locations (from Arizona and Detroit, to New Orleans) and photographers associated with these landmark programs, including Paul Conklin, Jan W. Faul, Maria Kay Keegan, Margaret Bliss, and more. Silver prints, the images each measuring approximately 10x7 inches (25.4x17.8 cm.), and the reverse, some sheets slightly larger, most with a photographer's hand stamp or credit and a numeric notation, in pencil or ink, three with the OEO hand stamp and address, and three with a typed caption label, on verso. 1960s