Photographer Gordon Parks captured quotidian moments in the lives of the District's working class, particularly African Americans.
Constitution Avenue from 7th Street NW, Early 1940s linen…
Harlem Gang Leader, 1948 - Photography Archive - The Gordon Parks Foundation
Filipino Americans in Seattle
Harlem Gang Leader, 1948 - Photography Archive - The Gordon Parks Foundation
Workers in New York City, 1944-1948 - Photography Archive - The Gordon Parks Foundation
Portraits, 1947-63 - Photography Archive - The Gordon Parks Foundation
See How Washingtonians Lived In The 1940s
Wakefield Birthplace of George Washington 1940s by Colourpicture & Richmond News
Workers in New York City, 1944-1948 - Photography Archive - The Gordon Parks Foundation
Living In, Living Out: African American
Street scene outside the Department of Labor in Washington D.C. ca. 1940 Stock Photo - Alamy
1940-1949 - Washington Rowing
Over Apartments, But Can't Afford A House: Finding The Missing Middle Of D.C.'s Housing Market
GLOUCESTER FISHERMAN AND FULTON FISH MARKET, 1943 - Photography Archive - The Gordon Parks Foundation