Bus Story, 1947
American photographer Esther Bubley followed up her earlier 1942 look at American bus travel, post war, in 1947
#busstory #estherbubley #photographer #womenphotographers #photography #wwii #america #greyhoundbuses #bus #buses #bustravel #busstation #busworkers #bustravelers #busride #schwarzweissfotografie #bwphoto
Bus Story, 1947
American photographer Esther Bubley followed up her earlier 1942 look at American bus travel, post war, in 1947
#busstory #estherbubley #photographer #womenphotographers #photography #wwii #america #greyhoundbuses #bus #buses #bustravel #busstation #busworkers #bustravelers #busride #schwarzweissfotografie #bwphoto
Bus Story, 1943
“Put me down with the people, and it’s just overwhelming."
When American photographer Esther Bubley was 22, she took a 6 week Greyhound bus trip on her own, starting in New York City and ending in Memphis. She was hired by the US Office of War Information (OWI) to document everyday moments during the transition from economic depression to mobilization for WW II, as wartime rationing of gasoline and rubber drove the public to embrace mass transportation
#busstory #estherbubley #photographer #womenphotographers #photography #wwii #america #greyhoundbuses #bus #buses #bustravel #busstation #busworkers #bustravelers #busride #jewishphotographer #owi #officeofwarinformation
Bus Story, 1943
“Put me down with the people, and it’s just overwhelming."
When American photographer Esther Bubley was 22, she took a 6 week Greyhound bus trip on her own, starting in New York City and ending in Memphis. She was hired by the US Office of War Information (OWI) to document everyday moments during the transition from economic depression to mobilization for WW II, as wartime rationing of gasoline and rubber drove the public to embrace mass transportation.
#busstory #estherbubley #photographer #womenphotographers #photography #wwii #america #greyhoundbuses #bus #buses #bustravel #busstation #busworkers #bustravelers #busride #jewishphotographer #owi #officeofwarinformation
Bus Story, 1943
“Put me down with the people, and it’s just overwhelming."
When American photographer Esther Bubley was 22, she took a 6 week Greyhound bus trip on her own, starting in New York City and ending in Memphis. She was hired by the US Office of War Information (OWI) to document everyday moments during the transition from economic depression to mobilization for WW II, as wartime rationing of gasoline and rubber drove the public to embrace mass transportation
#busstory #estherbubley #photographer #womenphotographers #photography #wwii #america #greyhoundbuses #bus #buses #bustravel #busstation #busworkers #bustravelers #busride #jewishphotographer #owi #officeofwarinformation
https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3c29731/
I was going to write that we don't listen to the radio like this any more, but then I thought about all those hooked on true crime podcasts.
More about the photographer Esther Bubley:
https://www.estherbubley.com/bio_frame_set.htm
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Esther Bubley
“Washington, D.C. Listening to a murder mystery on the radio in a boardinghouse room.“ January 1943.
[ This is one of the images in Bubley’s photo essay on “Life in a boardinghouse in Washington, D.C.,” which she photographed in her sister’s building. ]
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#photography #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhite #monochrome #americanhistory #greatdepression #farmsecurityadministration #histodons
https://www.loc.gov/item/2017862358/
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