Construction on the Greenhills project, Ohio. Photograph by Brice Martin. Dec. 1936.

Greenhills, Ohio October 1939 by photographer John Vachon

Community center at Greenhills, Ohio by John Vachon October 1939.

Shops, Greenhills, Ohio. October 1939 by John Vachon.

Greenhills, Ohio. A community near #Cincinnati planned by the Suburban Division of the U.S. #ResettlementAdministration. 1936.
#TheNewDeal #GreatDepression

In #MARCH 1936
'Characteristic topography. Greenhills, Ohio,' a community planned & built by the Suburban division of the US #ResettlementAdministration Photograph prior to development by Brice Martin or Theodor Jung
March 1936
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#Greenhills #Ohio #TheNewDeal #urbanplanning

http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/collections/franklin/index.php?p=digitallibrary/thumbnails&q=migrant

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

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 1936
‘House, #CumberlandHomesteads, Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee. Crossville, Tennessee.’ #ResettlementAdministration.
#RA photographer #CarlMydans (1907-2004)
@livingnewdeal.bsky.social
#TheNewDeal #subsistencehomesteads #Tennessee #blackandwhitephotography

In #MARCH 1936
‘Fireplace in office of Cumberland Homesteads, Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee’ Crossville, Tennessee. #ResettlementAdministration photographer #CarlMydans (1907-2004)
#TheNewDeal #subsistencehomesteads #CumberlandHomesteads #Tennessee
#blackandwhitephotography

In #MARCH 1936
‘Close up of the stone house which is being built by the farmer at #Crossville, #Tennessee. #CumberlandHomesteads.’ #ResettlementAdministration photographer #CarlMydans (1907-2004)
@livingnewdeal.bsky.social
#TheNewDeal #subsistencehomesteads #blackandwhitephotography

In #MARCH 1936
‘Trading post at Cumberland Homesteads, Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee’ #ResettlementAdministration photographer Carl Mydans (1907-2004)
#TheNewDeal #CarlMydans #SubsistenceHomesteads #CumberlandHomesteads #Tennessee
#blackandwhitephotography

Greenbelt, Maryland. One of the (very many) pedestrian underpasses - and apartment houses. Photograph by Marjory Collins (1912-1985). May-June 1942.
#urbanplanning #cityplanning #ResettlementAdministration #RA #Greenbelt #Maryland #TheNewDeal

‘Sketch of Greenbelt project, Maryland’ Greenbelt, Prince Georges, Maryland. 1935.
#urbanplanning #cityplanning #ResettlementAdministration #RA #Greenbelt #Maryland #TheNewDeal

‘Model of pedestrian underpass’ Greenbelt, Maryland. #ResettlementAdministration photographer Carl Mydans (1907-2004). 1935 or 1936.
#blackandwhitephotography #CarlMydans #urbanplanning #cityplanning #ResettlementAdministration #RA #Greenbelt #Maryland #TheNewDeal

In #MARCH 1935
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Planning a new (rigorously pedestrian-oriented) town and community, #Greenbelt, #Maryland
‘Drawing of underpass, Greenbelt project, Maryland. March 1935.’
#TheNewDeal #ResettlementAdministration #RA Suburban Resettlement Division
@livingnewdeal.bsky.social

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
‘Migrant pea pickers’ camp in the rain. California, February 1936’
ResettlementAdministration #photographer Dorothea Lange (1895-1965). February 1936.
#GreatDepression #migrantworkers #ResettlementAdministration #photographers #DorotheaLange

Cellar foundation. February 1936.
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #blackandwhitephotography #CarlMydans #Greenbelt #Maryland #ResettlementAdministration #cityplanning

Tools are distributed to workers from ‘tool-houses’ like this one. February 1936.
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #blackandwhitephotography #CarlMydans #Greenbelt #Maryland #ResettlementAdministration #cityplanning

In #FEBRUARY 1936
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#ResettlementAdministration (#RA) #photographer Carl Mydans (1907-2004) records progress in the construction of #RA’s new planned town & community of #Greenbelt, #Maryland.
(Annotated aerial shot from the Goodyear Blimp below taken May 1936)
@livingnewdeal.bsky.social

‘Greenhills, Ohio. A community planned by the Suburban Division of the U.S. Resettlement Administration. 1936.’

‘Construction on the Greenhills project, Ohio. Photograph by Brice Martin. Dec, 1936.’

View of the Greenhills project, Ohio Feb. 1937. Photograph by Russell Lee. Feb. 1937.

School and Community Center, Greenhills, Ohio Jan 1938 by John Vachon. Under construction.

urban center from a park-like, pedestrian-oriented satellite community complete with K-12 school, community center, library, shopping center & recreational facilities.
#blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbanplanning #Greenhills #TheNewDeal #ResettlementAdministration

#OTD -January 17- in 1938
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Aerial view of a part of #Greenhills, #Ohio, 1 of 3 model satellite towns planned & being built by the #theNewDeal’s #ResettlementAdministration (Suburban Resettlement Division) to give non-affluent inhabitants the benefits of ready access to an ➡️

‘Greenhills, Ohio. A community planned by the Suburban Division of the U.S. Resettlement Administration. 1936.’ http://daysgoneby.me/greenhills-ohio-government-resettlement/

‘Typical Group House for Four Families - Greenhills, Ohio - April 27, 1936. Drawing and plan for four-family house. Greenhills, Ohio. Suburban Resettlement Program, Resettlement Administration. 1936. http://daysgoneby.me/greenhills-ohio-government-resettlement/

‘Street. Greenhills, Ohio. A New Deal neighborhood.’ Photo Credit: John Vachon. https://livingnewdeal.org/tag/greenbelt-towns/

‘Community center at Greenhills, Ohio by John Vachon October 1939.’ http://daysgoneby.me/greenhills-ohio-town-left-greenbelt-towns-built-depression-era/

urban center from a park-like, pedestrian-oriented satellite community complete with K-12
school, community center, library, shopping center & recreational facilities.
#blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbanplanning #Greenhills #TheNewDeal #ResettlementAdministration

#OTD – Jan. 16 - in 1938
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Aerial view of a part of #Greenhills, #Ohio, 1 of 3 model satellite towns planned & being built by the #theNewDeal’s #ResettlementAdministration (Suburban Resettlement Division) to give non-affluent inhabitants the benefits of ready access to an ➡️

#OTD - January 15 - in 1938
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Aerial view of #Greenhills, #Ohio, 1 of 3 model satellite towns planned & built by the #theNewDeal’s #ResettlementAdministration (Suburban Resettlement Division) to give non-affluent inhabitants the benefits of ready access to an urban center ➡️

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017776540/

‘Classroom at Greenbelt, Maryland, school. Photographer #ArthurRothstein (1915-1985). January 1938.’
#TheNewDeal #Greenbelt #blackandwhitephotography #ResettlementAdministration #GreenbeltTowns

‘School at Greenbelt, Maryland. Photographer #ArthurRothstein [1915-1985]. January 1938.’
#TheNewDeal #Greenbelt #blackandwhitephotography #ResettlementAdministration #GreenbeltTowns

‘First Town Unit / Greenbelt Md. Plan’ Map of first town unit at Greenbelt, Maryland (built 1935-1938). http://traveltempters.com/maryland/greenbelt/ http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa1998018756/PP

Envisioned by urban planners as a way to transform territorial organization nation-wide, and as a long-range effort by the New Deal’s #ResettlementAdministration (#RA), only 3 such projects were actually realized.
#TheNewDeal #Greenbelt #blackandwhitephotography

‘School at Greenbelt, Maryland. Photographer Arthur Rothstein (1915-1985). January 1938.’ https://www.loc.gov/item/2017776536/

In #JANUARY 1938
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#ResettlementAdministration #photographer #ArthurRothstein (1915-1985) documented life in the newly completed First Town Unit of #Greenbelt, Maryland, a model town & cooperative community planned and built by the #RA’s Suburban Resettlement Division.
👉ALT

‘Hospital and first aid station. Berwyn, Maryland. Photographer #CarlMydans [1907-2004]. January 1936.’
#TheNewDeal #Greenbelt #blackandwhitephotography #ResettlementAdministration #GreenbeltTowns

‘One of the first manholes on the sewer line which is being driven through the lake site at the Berwyn project, Maryland. #CarlMydans [1907-2004]. January 1936.’
#TheNewDeal #Greenbelt #blackandwhitephotography #ResettlementAdministration #GreenbeltTowns

‘Government officials visit Berwyn project, Berwyn, Maryland. Photographer Carl Mydans [1907-2004]. January 1936.’
#TheNewDeal #Greenbelt #blackandwhitephotography #ResettlementAdministration #GreenbeltTowns

Regional plan for Greenbelt, Maryland. April 1936.

Envisioned by urban planners as a way to transform territorial organization nation-wide, and as a long-range effort by the New Deal’s #ResettlementAdministration (#RA), only 3 such projects were actually realized.
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#TheNewDeal #Greenbelt #blackandwhitephotography