Carl Mydans: Unknowable Communities


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On the road from Manville to Bound Brook, New Jersey: photo by Carl Mydans, February 1936

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Series of identical houses, Manville, New Jersey: photo by Carl Mydans, February 1936

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Cincinnati, Ohio: photo by Carl Mydans, December 1935 (US Resettlement Administration)

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Typical wood frame house, Hamilton County, Ohio: photo by Carl Mydans, December 1935 (US Resettlement Administration)

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"Blight house", Hamilton County, Ohio: photo by Carl Mydans, December 1935 (US Resettlement Administration)

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Junk, with living quarters close by, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: photo by Carl Mydans, April 1936

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View from living quarters at 730 West Winnebago Street, looking toward alley, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: photo by Carl Mydans, April 1936

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Group of houses at Detroit and Van Buren Streets, near electric railroad, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: photo by Carl Mydans, April 1936

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Slums, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: photo by Carl Mydans, April 1936

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House exterior on Van Horn Street, Hamilton County, Ohio: photo by Carl Mydans, December 1935 (US Resettlement Administration)

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House exterior on Van Horn Street, Hamilton County, Ohio: photo by Carl Mydans, December 1935 (US Resettlement Administration)

Photos from Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress