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In #MARCH 1937
‘18-year-old mother from Oklahoma now a California migrant’ Farm Security Administration. March 1937. The #ResettlementAdministration is now the #FarmSecurityAdministration. March 1937.
#GreatDepression #migrantworkers #dustbowlrefugees #blackandwhitephotography
In #MARCH 1937
👇🧵
#FarmSecurityAdministration photographer #DorotheaLange (1895-1965):
‘Waiting for the semi-monthly relief checks at #Calipatria, #ImperialValley, #California. Typical story: fifteen years ago they owned farms in Oklahoma. Lost them through foreclosure when ➡️
to the site, including many design professionals, builders, housing officials and realtors, some from as far away as Moscow [WI].’
In Mar. 1937 #ResettlementAdministration (1937 on, #FarmSecurityAdministration) photographer Russell Lee (1903-1986) took these photos of the house –
In #MARCH 1937
‘Young Oklahoma mother; age 18, penniless, stranded in Imperial Valley, California.’
#RA/#FSA photo. The #ResettlementAdministration is now the #FarmSecurityAdministration. March 1937.
#GreatDepression #migrantworkers #dustbowlrefugees #blackandwhitephotography
In #FEBRUARY 1936
‘Freight car converted into house in "Little Oklahoma," California’
Photograph by #FarmSecurityAdministration #photographer Dorothea Lange (1895-1965)
February 1936
#TheNewDeal #DorotheaLange #blackandwhitephotography #GreatDepression
Documerica
Fotos von Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Gordon Parks und 120 weiteren #Fotografen für die #FarmSecurityAdministration der #USA aus den Jahren 1972 bis 1978 sind heute Ikonen.
Das Ergebnis des #Documeria-Projekt der #US-Umweltbehörde aus wurde 1979 mit 20.000 Fotos veröffentlicht.
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In #December 1937
🧵👇
‘Unemployed workers in front of a shack with Christmas tree, East 12th Street, New York City’
December 1937
#FarmSecurityAdministration photographer Russell Lee (1903-1986)
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In #November 1938
‘Young girl, migratory worker, besides the tent in which she lives. Kern County, California.’
#FarmSecurityAdministration. November 1938.
#KernCounty #California
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
#BOTD Ann Rosener (November 25, 1914 – May 19, 2012) #FarmSecurityAdministration #FSA #Photojournalism #DocumentaryPhotography #PhotoSky
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In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Homesteader feeding his daughter at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair free #barbeque’ #Colorphotography by #RussellLee (1903-1986) #FarmSecurityAdministration. October 1940.
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farmers #farmlife #countryfair #festival
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In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Grace was said before the #barbeque was served at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair’ #Colorphotography by #RussellLee (1903-1986) #FarmSecurityAdministration.
October 1940.
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farmers #farmlife #countryfair #festival
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In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Fruit wagon at the #PieTown, #NewMexico Fair. There is no #fruit grown in this section and the people depend on outside truckers to bring it in.' #colorphotography #RussellLee (1903-1986) #FarmSecurityAdministration #homesteading #homesteaders #farmlife
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In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Rodeo at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair. Color transparency by Russell Lee (1903-1986) #FarmSecurityAdministration. October 1940.
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farmers #farmlife #countryfair #festival #rodeo #RussellLee #colorphotography
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In #OCTOBER 1939
‘Selling apples, Jacksonville, Texas’ #ResettlementAdministration (now #FarmSecurityAdministration) photographer Russell Lee (1903-1986). October 1939.
#TheNewDeal #GreatDepression #blackandwhitephotography #RussellLee #apples #farmers #farming
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In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Men in front of outdoor fire, Pie Town Fair, New Mexico’ Color transparency by #RussellLee (1903-1986) #FarmSecurityAdministration. October 1940.
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farmers #farmlife #countryfair #festival #colorphotography
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In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Cutting the #pies and #cakes at the #barbeque dinner, Pie Town, New Mexico Fair’ #Colorphotography by #RussellLee (1903-1986) #FarmSecurityAdministration. October 1940.
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farmers #farmlife #countryfair #festival
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In #OCTOBER 1940
‘School children singing, Pie Town, New Mexico’ Color transparency by Russell Lee (1903-1986) for the #FarmSecurityAdministration.
October 1940
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farming #farmers #farmlife #RussellLee #colorphotography #school
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In #OCTOBER 1940
‘The school at #PieTown, #NewMexico is held in the #FarmBureau building, which was constructed by #cooperative effort. #Colorphotography by #RussellLee (1903-1986) for the #FarmSecurityAdministration. October 1940.
#homesteading #homesteaders #schools #farmlife
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In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt, Pie Town, New Mexico’ #Colorphotography by #RussellLee (1903-1986) for the #FarmSecurityAdministration. October 1940.
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farm #farmlife #quilting #quilts
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In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Bill Stagg, homesteader, with #pintobeans, Pie Town, New Mexico’
Color transparency by Russell Lee (1903-1986) for the #FarmSecurityAdministration
October 1940
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farming #farmer #RussellLee #colorphotography #beans
‘... This program was administered by Rural Rehabilitation Divisions of State and local E. R. A.'s, prior to July 1, 1935, and after that date by the Resettlement Administration.’ -- Berta Asch and A. R. Mangus, "Appendix C: Glossary," in Farmers on Relief and Rehabilitation, Research Monograph VIII, Works Progress Administration, Division of Social Research, Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1937, pp. 203-210. gjenvick.com/WPA/Reference/GlossaryOfTerms-RuralRelief-WPA-1938.html
service that no one of the farmers could afford alone.’
#FarmSecurityAdministration
Rural Rehabilitation ‘program designed to aid needy agricultural households through loans or grants of capital or subsistence goods & through advice in farm & home management. ...👉ALT
#TheNewDeal
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In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Men of the community of Pie Town, New Mexico eating at the #barbeque’
Color transparency by #RussellLee (1903-1986) #FarmSecurityAdministration Oct. 1940
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farmers #farmlife #countryfair #festival #colorphotography
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In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Crowd eating free #barbeque dinner at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair’
Color transparency by #RussellLee (1903-1986) #FarmSecurityAdministration. Oct. 1940.
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farmers #farmlife #countryfair #festival #colorphotography
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In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Friends meeting at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair’ Color transparency by #RussellLee (1903-1986) #FarmSecurityAdministration
October 1940
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farmers #farmlife #countryfair #festival #colorphotography
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In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Initial pin #souvenirs at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair’ Color transparency by #RussellLee (1903-1986) #FarmSecurityAdministration.
October 1940.
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farmers #farmlife #countryfair #festival #colorphotography
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In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Homesteader and his children eating #barbeque at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair'
#Colorphotography by #RussellLee (1903-1986) #FarmSecurityAdministration. October 1940.
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farmers #farmlife #countryfair #festival
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In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Saying grace before the barbeque dinner at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair. #Colorphotography by #RussellLee (1903-1986) #FarmSecurityAdministration. October 1940.
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farmers #farmlife #countryfair #festival
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In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Church at Pie Town, New Mexico’ This building was a #cooperative community enterprise. #colorphotography by #RussellLee (1903-1986) for the #FarmSecurityAdministration. October 1940.
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #churches #farmers #farmlife
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In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Team pulling a car out of the mud; the #roads near Pie Town, New Mexico are not improved. #colorphotography by #RussellLee (1903-1986) for the #FarmSecurityAdministration. October 1940.
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farming #farmers #farmlife
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In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Bill Stagg turning up #pintobeans, Pie Town, New Mexico’ Color transparency by Russell Lee (1903-1986) for the #FarmSecurityAdministration. October 1940.
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farming #farms #Colorphotography #RussellLee
