Lucius Washington and two mules plow the fields before the Dallas skyline
date: label: Date made
content: 1939
name: label: photographer
content: Mydans, Carl
notes: label: Description
content: In 1938 photographer Carl Mydans set off on his travels around the United States once more, making stops in Alabama, Maryland, Virginia, and Texas. He captured images of farmers and cowboys, as well as passersby on sidewalks and women in department stores shopping for the latest fashions. This time, he was on assignment for <i>LIFE</i> magazine, instead of the Resettlement Administration.
label: Description
content: In this photograph, Mydans accentuates the sharp contrast between the rural and urban lifestyles during the late 1930s in Dallas, Texas. In the background, high-rise buildings, billboard advertisements, and factories remind the viewer of progressive industrialization and how mechanized labor was replacing manual labor. Workers and farmers, such as Lucius Washington, faced hard times during this decade.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Texas, Dallas
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
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content: Carl Mydans
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0228.047
label: accession number
content: 2005.0228
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0228.047
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26.6 cm x 34 cm; 10 1/2 in x 13 3/8 in