The REA’s low-cost loans to local cooperatives raised the percentage of farm homes with electricity from 10% (1930) to 40% (1941).
(Photo Smithsonian Institution)
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‘Stringing rural TVA transmission line’ Tennessee Valley Authority. Rural Electrification Administration. N.D.
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- Members of the U.S. #RuralElectrificationAdministration (#REA) #cooperative in #Hayti, #Missouri. #FarmSecurityAdministration #photographer Arthur Rothstein (1915-1985).
- A maintenance truck from that co-op at the substation. 1942.
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President Roosevelt dedicates the Lamar Electric Membership Corporation, a #RuralElectrificationAdministration Project, in #Barnesville, #Georgia. August 11, 1938.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
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Rural Electrification Administration in #Arcadia, #Wisconsin
A #lineman for the Trempealeau Electric Co-operative working on a pole as farmers watch
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
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