Industrial Agriculture: Machines Take Over California Farm Workers at Work In 1958, when Harvey Richards photographed farm workers at work in California’s central valley, California agriculture was undergoing a transformation from hand to machine work in many crops. Not all … Continue reading
Women in Tashkent, 1961 Photo Gallery Harvey and Alice Richards photographed women and children in Tashkent, 1961 Uzbekistan. They took their camera equipment to the Soviet Union to make A Visit to the Soviet Union, about Soviet women and children. They … Continue reading
Photo Images Taken During the Filming of A Visit to the Soviet Union, 1961 In 1961, Harvey and Alice Richards took their camera equipment and Harvey’s son, Paul Richards, to the Soviet Union to make a film about Soviet women … Continue reading
Industrial Farming from Hands to Machines, 1958-1964 In 1958, Harvey Richards toured the central valley of California photographing farming in many crops. This photo image gallery presents images of farming fruits and vegetables. As part of his filming for Factory … Continue reading
Unique Images of Giant Redwoods Being Logged Out In the 1960’s, the last commercially available stands of old growth giant redwoods were being clear cut. Harvey Richards photographed the giants being cut, hauled, unloaded, stacked, debarked and milled at lumber … Continue reading
Vietnam Day Committee Makes It to Oakland The Vietnam Day Committee marched again a month after their first demonstration in October, 1965 was turned back by the Oakland Police. This time the VDC obtained a permit to march through Oakland. … Continue reading
U.C. Berkeley Students Protest the Vietnam War The Berkeley Vietnam Day Committee (VDC) held two marches to protest the Vietnam war in 1965, one in October and the second in November. This post presents photo images gallery from the first march to … Continue reading
Peace and HUAC, Vietnam War Escalation After HUAC’s debacle in San Francisco when its 1960 hearings ended with fire hoses washing demonstrators down the steps of city hall, HUAC moved its witch hunt to Los Angeles where the anti-communists crusaders continued their … Continue reading
Moving Away from the Brink of Nuclear War The Cuban revolution brought nuclear brinkmanship to the fore as nuclear disarmament and the Cuban Crisis escalated protests during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 when the Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles … Continue reading
Clear Cutting Forests Is “Cutting the Lungs Out of the Earth.” Forests grow slowly over the decades. Trees grow deep roots, their leaves falling on the forest floor creating soil full of life and organic nutrients that support diverse populations … Continue reading