Truck driver at TVA's Douglas Dam, Tennessee (LOC)

Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.

Truck driver at TVA's Douglas Dam, Tennessee

1942 June

1 transparency : color.

Notes:
 Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
 Tennessee Valley Authority
World War, 1939-1945
Dams
Construction industry
Trucks
United States--Tennessee

Format: Transparencies--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-36 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35238

Call Number: LC-USW36-315

Comments and faves

  1. ★

    ovas, kimberly.ruley, vercellink, Olly C, and 76 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. hellodeer (55 months ago | reply)

    wow the lighting on these is so great.

  3. fPat (50 months ago | reply)

    yea same, the lighting is pretty nice, i wonder if it is ambient

  4. iggy503 (50 months ago | reply)

    Is this an HDR photo?

  5. lM II lL lL S (48 months ago | reply)

    absolutely not! this photo was taken in 1942. There was no photoshop back then. This photo is quite amazing considering the technology. That light coming from the left is a flash bulb. It has to be pretty bright to overpower the ambient daylight.

  6. Man Who Shot JFK [deleted] (47 months ago | reply)

    wow! you make amazing photos!

  7. [posting to FB only] (43 months ago | reply)

    I'm having difficulty believing that this was taken in 1942. Talk about skill, it is humbling to see this kind of work.

  8. pouletchalet (43 months ago | reply)

    OMG is this for real? Amazing photos. Quite humbling to see such amazing work in the digital age.

  9. torontonatasha (41 months ago | reply)

    looks like a still from a movie!

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