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#Doubletake pictures series#
Other photographs from the same record series also include posters that complement the scenes and likewise seem intentionally, or at least conveniently, included within the frame: “Young Woman Working in a Machine Shop” ( NAID 7350942) “Americas answer! Production” ( NAID 513808, Local ID 44-PA-358) – by Jean Carlu. “Soldering Operation Demonstration at Victory Center” ( NAID 192810647) and “I’m Proud…my husband wants me to do my part” ( NAID 513841, Local ID 44-PA-390). The message of the photograph is reinforced through the text in the poster. The photograph looks staged so the inclusion of the poster seems like no accident either. In the image below, a worker demonstrates soldering during World War II while, hovering in the background, a poster appears prominently enough to be visible and legible. RIGHT: “Buying a Bond is No Sacrifice” by Xavier Gonzalez ( NAID 514014, Local ID 44-PA-535).įinding and identifying posters within photographs is another way to see the past in a new light. “Migrant Mother” by Dorothea Lange ( NAID 196261). Consider for example the similarity between Dorothea Lange’s famous photograph “Migrant Mother” and Xavier Gonzalez’s illustration of a mother and child that appears in a World War II era poster, as seen side-by-side below.
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Even more, discovering a connection between two or more seemingly unrelated images can change how one sees them. Of the millions of digitized images in the National Archives Catalog it is always a thrill to find something new in an old picture. When is a photograph more than just a photograph? This post is by Daniel Dancis, a Textual Records Archivist and blogger at The Text Message.