Photograph by Marjory Collins, September 1942 for Office of War Information
New York: Central Park. Rowers on a lake in Central Park, New York City, on a Sunday.
Dimensions: Sight 9 x 7, Frame 14 x 12 inches.
Verso inscribed by Jubilee Gallery in Brooklyn NY.
Appears to be printed later.
Marjory Collins was an American photojournalist. She is remembered for her coverage of the home front during World War II for Office of War Information.
In January 1942, Collins had transferred to Washington, DC, to join a famous team of documentary photographers led by Roy Stryker. Within 18 eighteen months, Collins completed about 50 assignments with 3000 photographs. Her images reflected the OWI requests for visual stories about the American way of life and stories that showed the commitment of citizens in supporting the war effort.
Many assignments involved photographing “Hyphenated Americans”, including Chinese-, Czech-, German-, Irish-, Italian-, Jewish-, and Turkish-Americans. The photographs were used to illustrate publications dropped behind enemy lines to reassure people in Axis-power countries that the United States was sympathetic to their needs. Using the popular Day-In-The-Life format of picture magazines, Collins portrayed families at work, at play, and at home.
Marjory Collins (1912–1985)

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