Carl Mydans: In the Shadow of the Capitol, 1935 (II): Poor White

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White girls playing in slum section near Capitol inhabited mostly by Negroes. Note Capitol dome in right background. Washington, D.C.



Poor white hallway, Georgetown, D.C. Seldom do these people have even the desire to clear up rubbish, and the broom shown here seems to be out of place



Slum children at play, Washington, D.C. Children in their backyard near the Capitol. This area inhabited by both black and white



Washington, D.C. Children at play



Children playing in backyard in slum area near capitol. This area inhabited by both white and Negro, Washington, D.C.



Slum children at play, Washington, D.C. Children in their backyard near the Capitol. This area inhabited by both black and white



Children playing on sidewalk, the only available playground. Georgetown, inhabited by both white and Negro, Washington, D.C.



White children playing, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., using the only available playground, the city sidewalk. This section is mixed black and white



Poor children playing on sidewalk, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.



Poor children playing on sidewalk, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.



Poor children playing on sidewalk, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.



Poor children playing on sidewalk, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.



White children playing in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.



Small girls sitting on cellar door, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.



Poor whites, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.:



Small girls sitting in doorway of house in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.



Houses close to Capitol, Washington, D.C. Washington has many such houses but few government workers would care to live in them



Furnished rooms to rent. Typical house which faces government clerk in his search for a home, Washington, D.C.



Front of a typical house offering furnished rooms for rent, District of Columbia



Stairway in rooming house, Washington, D.C.



Boys playing cards near Union Station, Washington, D.C.

Photos by Carl Mydans for U.S. Resettlement Administration, September 1935 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)