Support Materials for Mary Ann McNair
Colorado State Standards supported by Day 2 activities
Other Activities
Links to photos on Library of Congress website
From the American Memory Collection American from the Great Depression to World War II:
Photographs from the FSA and OWI, ca. 1935-1945
| Title/URL | Photographer | Publication Date |
| Watching the Labor Day Parade, Silverton, Colorado | Russell Lee | Sept 1940 |
| Main Street, Montrose, Colorado | Arthur Rothstein | Oct 1939 |
| Newsboy on Main Street, Montrose, Colorado | Arthur Rothstein | Oct 1939 |
| Street in San Pablo, Colorado | Arthur Rothstein | Oct 1939 |
| Scene in school room. San Luis Valley Farms, Colorado | Arthur Rothstein | Oct 1939 |
| Miners sitting on decorated car during Labor Day celebration, Silverton, Colorado | Russell Lee | Sept 1940 |
| General store. Ophir, Colorado | Russell Lee | Sept 1940 |
| Band and clowns at Labor Day celebration, Silverton, Colorado | Russell Lee | Sept 1940 |
| Aftermath of dust storm. Colorado | 1936? | |
| Dust storm. Colorado | J. H. Ward | 1936? |
From the Collection: By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943
| Title/URL | Call Number |
| Women Painters | LC-USZC2-904 |
| American Guide Week | LC-USZC2-5430 |
| Ohio Paintings | LC-USZC2-908 |
| Pet Show | LC-USZC2-987 |
| Exhibition of Posters | LC-USZC21171 |
Other links
Post Office Murals:
See this site to view examples: www.wpamurals.com/colorado.htm
“The Beet Pickers,” by Paul Pianfetti
(was done for Fitzsimons General Hosptial, but now owned by the artist’s family)
“Building the New Road,” by Kenneth Evett, 1941 (Golden Post Office on 12th Street)
“North Platte Country against the Mountains,” by John H. Fraser, 1940
(originally painted for the Littleton Post Office; now hangs in City Council Chambers)
“Industries Around Loveland,” by James Russell Sherman, 1938 (Loveland Post Office)
Dating Old Photos:
(These two sites are linked off the Library of Congress website - Prints and photographs)
- The Costume Detective: How to Date Old Photographs by the Costume, A Fashion-era Special
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/resource/researchertool.html - Dating Old Photographs
http://www.familychronicle.com/dating.htm
Denver Public Library
Western History and Genealogy
Access paintings by Juan Menchaca (Referenced in activity Juan Menchaca’s Legacy
http://history.denverlibrary.org/images/index.html
