‘Homesteaders at the Jersey Homesteads (Hightstown, New Jersey). Photo by Arthur Rothstein. December 1937. https://daysgoneby.me/hightstown-new-jersey/

In #DECEMBER 1937
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#ResettlementAdministration #photographer #ArthurRothstein (1915-1985) & #JerseyHomesteads (now Roosevelt NJ), a cooperative community planned by the #RA's Subsistence Homesteads Division to bring Jewish garment workers out of NYC tenements & sweatshops
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‘Interior of house, Jersey Homesteads’ Photograph by Arthur Rothstein. December 1937.
#TheNewDeal #ArthurRothstein #JerseyHomesteads #RooseveltNJ #blackandwhitephotography

‘Single family house at the New Jersey Homesteads Near Hightstown, New Jersey.’ Photograph by Arthur Rothstein. December 1936.
#TheNewDeal #ArthurRothstein #JerseyHomesteads #RooseveltNJ #blackandwhitephotography

‘Scene from the Bronx tenement district from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come’ New York. Photograph by Arthur Rothstein. December 1936. https://daysgoneby.me/hightstown-new-jersey-homesteaders/ 3.8.20

In #DECEMBER 1936
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#ResettlementAdministration #photographer #ArthurRothstein (1915-1985) & #JerseyHomesteads (now Roosevelt NJ), a cooperative community planned by the #RA's Subsistence Homesteads Division to bring Jewish garment workers out of NYC tenements & sweatshops
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https://daysgoneby.me/hightstown-new-jersey/

‘Sam Schultz shows a model coat to a perspective customer at the cooperative #garmentfactory, #JerseyHomesteads’ Photo by #RussellLee. Nov. 1936.
#RooseveltNJ #cooperatives #clothingfactory #apparelindustry #womensfashion #ResettlementAdministration #blackandwhitephotography

https://daysgoneby.me/hightstown-new-jersey/

‘Garments manufactured by residents of #JerseyHomesteads, #Hightstown, New Jersey’ Photo by #RussellLee. November 1936.
#RooseveltNJ #cooperatives #clothingfactory #garmentfactory #apparelindustry #womensfashion #TheNewDeal #ResettlementAdministration #blackandwhitephotography

https://daysgoneby.me/hightstown-new-jersey-garment-plant-faces-difficulties/

‘The factory has its own truck, which makes deliveries to its two [show]rooms in New York. #JerseyHomesteads’ Photo by Russell Lee. Nov. 1936.
#RooseveltNJ #cooperatives #clothingfactory #garmentfactory #apparelindustry #ResettlementAdministration #blackandwhitephotography

Closeup of cutter’s hands (cutting cloth), Jersey Homesteads, Hightstown, New Jersey. Photo by Russell Lee. [November?] 1936. https://daysgoneby.me/hightstown-new-jersey-garment-plant-faces-difficulties/

In #NOVEMBER 1936
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#ResettlementAdministration #photographer #RussellLee (1903-1986) at #JerseyHomesteads (now Roosevelt NJ), a cooperative community planned by the #RA's Subsistence Homesteads Division to bring Jewish garment workers out of NYC tenements & sweatshops.
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https://daysgoneby.me/hightstown-new-jersey-garment-plant-faces-difficulties/

‘Harry Kaplan (rt) showing blanket he made from waste cloths’ Photo by #RussellLee. November 1936.
#JerseyHomesteads #RooseveltNJ #cooperatives #clothingfactory #garmentfactory #apparelindustry #TheNewDeal #ResettlementAdministration #blackandwhitephotography

https://daysgoneby.me/hightstown-new-jersey-garment-plant-faces-difficulties/

‘Hat makers at the cooperative #garmentfactory, Hightstown, New Jersey’ Photo by Russell Lee. November 1936.
#JerseyHomesteads #RooseveltNJ #cooperatives #hats #apparelindustry #TheNewDeal #ResettlementAdministration #blackandwhitephotography #mensfashion

‘Homesteaders’ daughters are employed in the millinery department of the cooperative garment factory at Jersey Homesteads, Hightstown, New Jersey’ Photo by Russell Lee. November 1936. https://daysgoneby.me/hightstown-new-jersey-garment-plant-faces-difficulties/

In #NOVEMBER 1936
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#ResettlementAdministration #photographer #RussellLee (1903-1986) at #JerseyHomesteads (now Roosevelt NJ), a cooperative community planned by the #RA's Subsistence Homesteads Division to bring Jewish garment workers out of NYC tenements & sweatshops.
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‘Half-made garments on the racks at Hightstown garment factory’ Photo by #RussellLee. November 1936.
#JerseyHomesteads #RooseveltNJ #cooperatives #clothingfactory #garmentfactory #apparelindustry #TheNewDeal #ResettlementAdministration #blackandwhitephotography

https://daysgoneby.me/hightstown-new-jersey-homesteaders/

‘A meeting of the industrial committee, #JerseyHomesteads, Hightstown, New Jersey’ #RussellLee. November 1936.
#JerseyHomesteads #RooseveltNJ #blackandwhitephotography #cooperatives #garmentfactory #apparelindustry #TheNewDeal #ResettlementAdministration

Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress) https://daysgoneby.me/hightstown-new-jersey-opening-garment-plant/ 3.8.20

Photograph by #RussellLee. [November?] 1936
‘The #garmentfactory at #JerseyHomesteads. It is constructed of steel, glass and concrete and is air-conditioned. It is credited with being the most modern factory for needlework on the Atlantic Seaboard...’
#apparelindustry

‘Garment worker at Hightstown factory, New Jersey’ Photo by Russell Lee. November 1936. https://daysgoneby.me/hightstown-new-jersey-garment-plant-faces-difficulties/

In #NOVEMBER 1936
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#ResettlementAdministration #photographer #RussellLee (1903-1986) at #JerseyHomesteads (now Roosevelt NJ), planned as a cooperative community by the #RA's Subsistence Homesteads Division to bring Jewish garment workers out of NYC tenements & sweatshops.
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https://daysgoneby.me/hightstown-new-jersey-opening-garment-plant/

‘Scene in the first cooperative store in Jersey Homesteads run by Nathan Dubin, Hightstown, New Jersey’ Russell Lee. November 1936.
#JerseyHomesteads #RooseveltNJ #RussellLee #blackandwhitephotography #cooperatives #womensfashion #TheNewDeal #ResettlementAdministration

https://daysgoneby.me/hightstown-new-jersey-garment-plant-faces-difficulties/

‘Garments manufactured by residents of Jersey Homesteads, Hightstown, New Jersey’ Photo by Russell Lee. November 1936.
#JerseyHomesteads #RooseveltNJ #RussellLee #blackandwhitephotography #apparelindustry #womensfashion #TheNewDeal #ResettlementAdministration

https://daysgoneby.me/hightstown-new-jersey/

‘Man working at factory [built to produce construction materials], Jersey Homesteads, Hightstown, New Jersey’ Photo by Russell Lee. 1936.
#JerseyHomesteads #RooseveltNJ #RussellLee #blackandwhitephotography #TheNewDeal #ResettlementAdministration

‘Homesteaders ... helping to store corn for the dairy herd which is soon to be acquired by the colony’ Photo by Russell Lee. 1936. https://daysgoneby.me/hightstown-new-jersey/

In #NOVEMBER 1936
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#ResettlementAdministration #photographer #RussellLee (1903-1986) at #JerseyHomesteads (now Roosevelt NJ), planned as a cooperative community by the #RA's Subsistence Homesteads Division to bring Jewish garment workers out of NYC tenements & sweatshops.
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‘The first baby born, early in October 1936. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Goldstein, who were moved into the colony July 10, 1936.’ Russell Lee. November 1936.

In #NOVEMBER 1936
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#ResettlementAdministration #photographer #RussellLee (1903-1986) at #JerseyHomesteads (now Roosevelt NJ), planned as a cooperative community by the #RA's Subsistence Homesteads Division to bring Jewish garment workers out of NYC tenements & sweatshops.
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‘New type of two-story dwelling under construction’ - before and after stucco coating.
Photographer Russell Lee. November 1936.
#Housedesign #architecture #AlfredKastner #LouisIKahn #Bauhaus #JerseyHomesteads #RooseveltNJ #RussellLee #TheNewDeal #ResettlementAdministration

‘Cinder block construction, #JerseyHomesteads, #Hightstown, #NewJersey’ #RussellLee. November 1936.
The first families had moved in in August of 1934, and construction was ongoing.
#TheNewDeal #ResettlementAdministration #construction #constructionworkers

‘Construction of houses. Reading plans and measuring’ Russell Lee. November 1936.

‘Whitewashing a cinderblock house, Jersey Homesteads, Hightstown, New Jersey’ Photo by Russell Lee. November 1936.

In #NOVEMBER 1936
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#ResettlementAdministration #photographer #RussellLee (1903-1986) at #JerseyHomesteads (now Roosevelt NJ), a cooperative community planned by the #RA's Subsistence Homesteads Division to bring Jewish garment workers out of NYC tenements & sweatshops.
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‘Steam Shovel operator’
Carl Mydans. November 1935.
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #ResettlementAdministration #JerseyHomesteads #RooseveltNJ #CarlMydans #construction #constructionworkers #steamshovel #blackandwhitephotography

‘Steam Shovel operator’
Carl Mydans. November 1935.
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #ResettlementAdministration #JerseyHomesteads #RooseveltNJ #CarlMydans #construction #constructionworkers #steamshovel #blackandwhitephotography

‘Truck driver at the Hightstown, New Jersey, project’ Carl Mydans. November 1935. https://daysgoneby.me/trouble-looms-ahead-jersey-homesteaders/

In #NOVEMBER 1935
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#ResettlementAdministration #photographer #CarlMydans (1907-2004) at #JerseyHomesteads (now Roosevelt NJ), a cooperative community planned by the #RA's Subsistence Homesteads Division to bring Jewish garment workers out of NYC tenements & sweatshops.
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‘Metal plates to be used in casting concrete slabs at the #JerseyHomesteads, a U.S. #ResettlementAdministration Subsistence Homestead Project’ #CarlMydans. November 1935.
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #RooseveltNJ #construction #concrete #blackandwhitephotography

‘1st slab of concrete at Hightstown, New Jersey’ Carl Mydans. November 1935. https://daysgoneby.me/troubles-continue-hightstown-new-jersey-homesteaders/

In #NOVEMBER 1935
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#ResettlementAdministration #photographer #CarlMydans (1907-2004) at #JerseyHomesteads (now Roosevelt NJ), a cooperative community planned by the #RA's Subsistence Homesteads Division to bring Jewish garment workers out of NYC tenements & sweatshops.
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‘Opening [the construction?] of the garment factory, Hightstown, New Jersey’
Carl Mydans. November 1935.
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #ResettlementAdministration #JerseyHomesteads #RooseveltNJ #construction #constructionworkers #blackandwhitephotography

‘Grader operator at the Hightstown, New Jersey, project’
Carl Mydans. November 1935.
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #ResettlementAdministration #JerseyHomesteads #RooseveltNJ #CarlMydans #construction #constructionworkers #blackandwhitephotography