Historical Section (photography unit)
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The Historical Section (photography unit) was a government photography project that documented American rural life and New Deal resettlement efforts during the 1930s, producing many iconic images of the Great Depression.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Historical Section | 2 |
| Historical Section (photography unit) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T469918 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Historical Section (photography unit) Context triple: [Resettlement Administration, hasPart, Historical Section (photography unit)]
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A.
Photography Department
The Photography Department is the curatorial division of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art dedicated to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting photographic works.
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B.
Living History
Living History is a memoir by Hillary Rodham Clinton recounting her early life, years as First Lady of the United States, and key political and personal experiences up to her 2000 Senate campaign.
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C.
Glimpses of World History
Glimpses of World History is a collection of letters written by Jawaharlal Nehru to his daughter Indira Gandhi, offering a sweeping narrative of global history from ancient times to the early 20th century.
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D.
School of History and Culture
The School of History and Culture is an academic faculty at Central China Normal University specializing in historical research and education within the humanities.
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E.
School of Historical Studies
The School of Historical Studies is a division of the Institute for Advanced Study devoted to advanced research in history, offering scholars a setting for long-term, independent study across a wide range of historical fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Historical Section (photography unit) Target entity description: The Historical Section (photography unit) was a government photography project that documented American rural life and New Deal resettlement efforts during the 1930s, producing many iconic images of the Great Depression.
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A.
Photography Department
The Photography Department is the curatorial division of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art dedicated to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting photographic works.
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B.
Living History
Living History is a memoir by Hillary Rodham Clinton recounting her early life, years as First Lady of the United States, and key political and personal experiences up to her 2000 Senate campaign.
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C.
Glimpses of World History
Glimpses of World History is a collection of letters written by Jawaharlal Nehru to his daughter Indira Gandhi, offering a sweeping narrative of global history from ancient times to the early 20th century.
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D.
School of History and Culture
The School of History and Culture is an academic faculty at Central China Normal University specializing in historical research and education within the humanities.
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E.
School of Historical Studies
The School of Historical Studies is a division of the Institute for Advanced Study devoted to advanced research in history, offering scholars a setting for long-term, independent study across a wide range of historical fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary photography program
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government photography project ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| focusesOn |
farm families
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resettlement communities ⓘ rural poverty ⓘ |
| genre | documentary photography ⓘ |
| goal |
document conditions of American rural life
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publicize New Deal resettlement programs ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
documentary photography
ⓘ
resettlement documentation ⓘ rural documentation ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Great Depression
ⓘ
New Deal era ⓘ
linked to:
New Deal
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| mainSubject |
American rural life
ⓘ
Great Depression in the United States ⓘ
linked to:
Great Depression
New Deal resettlement efforts ⓘ
linked to:
Resettlement Administration
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| medium | photography ⓘ |
| notableFor | creating widely reproduced documentary photographs of the 1930s United States ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
U.S. federal government
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| partOf |
New Deal programs
ⓘ
linked to:
New Deal
|
| produced | iconic images of the Great Depression ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Historical Section (photography unit) Description of subject: The Historical Section (photography unit) was a government photography project that documented American rural life and New Deal resettlement efforts during the 1930s, producing many iconic images of the Great Depression.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Historical Section (photography unit)