In 1932, Eagle joined the Film and Photo League, an organization devoted to documentary photography and newsreels, and two years later undertook a study of Orthodox Jews on the Lower East Side.
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The photographs in the third series were created while Eagle was on assignment for Standard Oil of New Jersey (SONJ) under the direction of Roy Stryker.Īrnold Eagle was born in Hungary and immigrated to New York with his family in 1929, at the age of 19.
The series also includes a folder of correspondence and print orders.
Commissioning agents are usually not identified on these prints. Photographs in the second series bear the stamp of Eagle's company, Photography for Industry. When no commissioning agent was identified, the archivist created a title based upon the evident or perceived subject matter of the photographs. When possible, a commissioning agency has been identified and the project title and/or job number has been included in the folder title. Only a few of the commissioning agencies in this series have been identified. The first series includes prints bearing Arnold Eagle's stamp that were probably taken by Eagle for freelance commissions. It is not known whether Eagle did business as PFI while working for Standard Oil, or, whether photographs produced for Standard Oil were perhaps repurposed for other projects. Some photographs bear both Standard Oil of New Jersey and Photography for Industry (PFI) stamps. Many also have "no copyright" handwritten on them, most probably written by someone other than Eagle. Many prints bear two or more stamps, sometimes with stamps or other information crossed out. The collection is divided into three series based upon information (or lack thereof) stamped and written on the back side of the photographs, combined with information gathered about Eagle's career. Industries represented include cabinetry, mining, and mattresses agricultural operations include sugar cane production. The photos predominantly document human labor, machinery and landscapes at industrial and agricultural sites around the United States, Mexico, and Cuba. The collection consists of black and white photographic prints produced by Arnold Eagle, primarily in the 1940s and 1950s. Majority of material found within 1940 - 1949 The photos predominantly document landscapes, human labor and machinery at industrial and agricultural sites around the United States, Mexico and Cuba. The collection consists of black and white photographic prints produced by Eagle, primarily from the 1940s and 1950s. In 1955, Eagle joined the faculty of the New School for Social Research, where he taught photography and filmmaking until shortly before his death. Later, Eagle's work encompassed subjects ranging from modern dance to corporate workplaces. He became a documentary photographer in the 1930s and, in 1945, he was hired by Standard Oil of New Jersey to produce a visual record of the benefits of oil in the lives of everyday Americans, and, in the process, created a broad photographic record of American life during the 1940s. Arnold Eagle (1909-1992) emigrated to New York from Hungary in 1929.
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