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[Small farm of John P. Collins, Taunton, Mass.] (LOC)

Delano, Jack,, photographer.

[Small farm of John P. Collins, Taunton, Mass.]

[1941 Jan.]

1 slide : color.

Notes:
 Title and identification based on similarity to photo by Jack Delano, LC-USF34-42819-D.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
 Farms
United States--Massachusetts--Taunton

Format: Slides--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 t 11671-30 missing since 1981 (DLC) 93845501

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

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34410

Call Number: LC-USF35-518

Comments and faves

  1. Marcfoto (59 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Taunton, Massachusetts, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

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    AlliMcBally and chris.neville added this photo to their favorites.

  3. chris.neville (43 months ago | reply)

    My first time seeing what my grandfather's farm used to look like. Lot different looking when I was born. Great Photo!

  4. Kristi (LOC P&P) (43 months ago | reply)

    chris.neville: Glad you found this image of your grandfather's farm! We also have two other related images in the black-and-white portion of the Farm Security Administration Collection. One is of your grandfather's farm, and one is of the man himself. I'll provide links to their records in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog:

    The small farm of John P. Collins in Taunton Massachusetts
    Mr. John P. Collins, vegetable farmer of Taunton, Massachusetts

    Enjoy!

  5. chris.neville (42 months ago | reply)

    I can't thank you enough for posting these other two photos. My grandfather passed before I was born, and it is great to see him and the farm in this awesome way. Thank you again!

  6. chris.neville (42 months ago | reply)

    Just a footnote: Surname was Klonis which was changed to Collins, (americanized), once he arrived from Greece.

  7. bsho (42 months ago | reply)

    John P Collins was my grandfather. I grew "on the farm". It made many transformation over the years with many additions and most of the 'old' buildings torn down. My mother, his daughter , is 89 and living in Jupiter, Fl. The farm was sold probably 30 years ago. By the way, he was not a farmer in Greece. He was studying at a monastery to become a Greek Orthodox priest but was drafted into the army to serve in the Greek-Turkish War where he was wounded. He came to the US through Ellis Island when he was in his teens. He changed his name because it was easier to get a job if your name was Irish sounding. He spoke no English when he arrived and had only ten dollars to his name when he arrived. He was sponsered by a family in Taunton and that is how he came to settle there. He was quite an individual, a real entrepreneur and owned many different businesses, including a store and a junk yard.
    Thank you for the photos. They brought back a flood of old memories and I will show my mother the site when she visits me.
    Betty

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