In #MARCH 1936
‘House, #CumberlandHomesteads, Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee. Crossville, Tennessee.’ #ResettlementAdministration.
#RA photographer #CarlMydans (1907-2004)
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#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)
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#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

‘Member of the farming group on the project. Polish-Jewish born, served in the American Army, World War I.’ Dorothea Lange. June 1936.
#JerseyHomesteads #RooseveltNewJersey #Cooperatives #cooperativefarm #SubsistenceHomesteads #TheNewDeal #ResettlementAdministration

‘The cooperative farm of about 500 acres gives work to 6 members. It has been so successful that wages of $25 a week have been paid the year round & a considerable amount returned to the credit of the whole colony. The produce has either been sold to other members or disposed of through a farmers' cooperative auction market in Hightstown. The quality of the vegetables has been praised, particularly the Irish potatoes, which in 1936 were judged second best of all raised in Monmouth, Mercer or Middlesex Counties. The 1st year's crops showed a profit of $17,000 after repaying a Government loan of $26,000. During the planting & harvesting seasons the women help in the fields. When work is slack in the factory the coat makers & milliners join the farm workers.' "Jersey Homesteads" in *Stories of New Jersey* Federal Writers' Project (New York 1938) PDF @ https://archive.org/details/storiesofnewjers00federich/page/182/mode/2up

‘Homesteader, farmer, who had been working on the community farm since 1934. Hightstown, New Jersey’ #DorotheaLange. June 1936.
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http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=LOT%201161&fi=number&op=PHRASE&va=exact&co!=coll&sg=true&st=gallery ‘An individual well was drilled near each house. An electric pump sunk in a cement pit & operated automatically furnishes the water for the pressure tank in each house. Sewage disposal is by individual septic tanks. Twelve of the units have small barns & 3[1] of them have a combination garage & chicken coop. Electricity is provided through the power lines of a private utility, & telephone service- is available to individual subscribers. A system of county roads connects the home sites with each other & with nearby highways. There are 13| acres of land devoted to roads & parks. Each homestead has an average of more than 4 acres of ground, most of which is in cultivation. The soil varies from fine sandy loam to silty clay, is gently rolling, well drained, & is adaptable to all truck crops.’ https://archive.org/stream/grangerhomestead00unit_0/grangerhomestead00unit_0_djvu.txt

Above & below: [‘Coal miner's son at Granger Homesteads, Iowa’]
#TheNewDeal #SubsistenceHomesteads #ResettlementAdministration #FarmSecurityAdministration #JohnVachon #blackandwhitephotography #coalminers #farming #GrangerHomesteads #Iowa

Excerpt from Dept. Agriculture, FSA report ‘Three architectural plans were used in building the four, five, and six-room frame houses, which were completed by December, 1935. The five- and six-room houses have two stories; all have full basements and brick foundations Inside walls are of plywood and the ceilings are of celotex. Equipment includes modern plumbing, ample closets, hot air furnaces, and hot water heaters. Choice between gas, coal, or electric cooking facilities is provided.’ https://archive.org/stream/grangerhomestead00unit_0/grangerhomestead00unit_0_djvu.txt

homesteaders worked part-time (seasonally) both as farmers and as coal miners.
May 1940.
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #SubsistenceHomesteads #ResettlementAdministration #FarmSecurityAdministration #JohnVachon #blackandwhitephotography #coalminers #farming #GrangerHomesteads #Iowa

images from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=LOT%201161&fi=number&op=PHRASE&va=exact&co!=coll&sg=true&st=gallery excerpt from Dept. Agriculture, FSA report ‘Granger Homesteads was constructed to provide 50 miners and their families with modern homes at low cost, together with land on which they could raise most of their own food. Subsistence gardens and part— time farming fitted logically into the economic plan for the project, since the men had little work in the mines during "the cropping season.”’ https://archive.org/stream/grangerhomestead00unit_0/grangerhomestead00unit_0_djvu.txt

In #MAY 1940
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‘Coal miner's son at Granger Homesteads, Iowa’
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Photographer John Vachon (1914-1975) at Granger Homesteads, Iowa, a project (1934-1935) of the #SubsistenceHomesteads Division of the #ResettlementAdministration (by now #FarmSecurityAdministration), where ➡️

Excerpt from Dept. Agriculture, FSA report: image and caption from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=LOT%201161&fi=number&op=PHRASE&va=exact&co!=coll&sg=true&st=gallery ‘Another topic studied at the meetings was the fundamentals of cooperative buying, selling, and service. This has resulted in the formation of a community cooperative association, which has stimulated much of the agricultural production beyond actual subsistence needs. The association has been guided by the experience of the community manager, the advice of Father Ligutti, who has made an extensive study of cooperatives in other countries, and the technical help of experts at Iowa State College.’

‘The #ResettlementAdministration community manager explains the operation of the sanitary underground automatic electric water pump and well to homesteader Langman. #Granger, #Iowa.’ #photographer
#CarlMydans. May 1936.
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#blackandwhitephotography #subsistencehomesteads

Excerpt from Dept. Agriculture, FSA report: ‘One lot was set aside for a community house, which has become one of the most popular buildings on the project. Hardily a day passes but what it is used as a meeting place by various groups and the people take unusual pride in keeping it in good order. The community house also has working space and facilities for the canning of fruits and vegetables raised by the homesteaders. Project children attend the Granger Public School and a Catholic parochial school, both of which are less than a mile from the project site; and there are three churches in the town of Granger; a library is sponsored by the women's club of the project.’ https://archive.org/stream/grangerhomestead00unit_0/grangerhomestead00unit_0_djvu.txt

‘Mike Brugoni's homestead at Granger, Iowa. Client is a miner. #GrangerHomesteads. #Granger, #Dallas, #Iowa.’ #ResettlementAdministration #photographer #CarlMydans May 1936.
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#blackandwhitephotography #TheNewDeal #subsistencehomesteads

Excerpt from Dept. Agriculture, FSA report: ‘An individual well was drilled near each house. An electric pump sunk in a cement pit and operated automatically furnishes the water for the pressure tank in each house. Sewage disposal is by individual septic tanks. Twelve of the units have small barns and 3£ of them have a combination garage and chicken coop. Electricity is provided through the power lines of a private utility, and telephone service- is available to individual subscribers. A system of county roads connects the home sites with each other and with nearby highways. There are 13| acres of land devoted to roads and parks. Each homestead has an average of more than 4 acres of ground, most of which is in cultivation. The soil varies from fine sandy loam to silty clay, is gently rolling, well drained, and is adaptable to all truck crops.’ https://archive.org/stream/grangerhomestead00unit_0/grangerhomestead00unit_0_djvu.txt

Granger homesteader and son working in flower bed. Iowa. Granger, Dallas, Iowa’ May 1936.
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#ResettlementAdministration #photographer #CarlMydans
#Granger #Iowa #blackandwhitephotography #TheNewDeal #subsistencehomesteads

images and captions from http://photogrammar.yale.edu/search/results.php?start=0&search=&pname=&lot=&van=&state=Iowa&county=Dallas&city=&year_start=1936&month_start=0&year_stop=1936&month_stop=12 21.2.20 Excerpt from Dept. Agriculture, FSA report: ‘Granger Homesteads was constructed to provide 50 miners and their families with modern homes at low cost, together with land on which they could raise most of their own food. Subsistence gardens and part-time farming fitted logically into the economic plan for the project, since the men had little work in the mines during "the cropping season.”’ https://archive.org/stream/grangerhomestead00unit_0/grangerhomestead00unit_0_djvu.txt

In #MAY 1936
'Looking north toward Granger, Iowa, from the entering road, showing fertile Iowa farmland. Granger, Dallas, Iowa. May 1936.'
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Photographer Carl Mydans (1907-2004) at Granger Homesteads, Iowa, a project (1934-1935) of the #SubsistenceHomesteads Division ➡️
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‘Growing food for family-living purposes in connection with enough outside work to provide the family with the cash for necessary farm and family expenses is a combination that many families now want to develop.... This kind of farming has often been called subsistence farming and a farm of this kind a subsistence homestead. This part-time farming has certain problems of its own that are somewhat different from the usual farming problems. The family has to think of the quantity and variety of products it needs rather than of what the markets demand. Those who are inexperienced often overestimate the savings made possible by this way of living, and they often underestimate the costs in the way of the labor and cash necessary in such part-time farming.... This bulletin deals chiefly with the economic problems that will be met by those people who are planning to combine part-time farming and wage earning.’ - p. 1-2 Full pamphlet at.https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86061/

In #MAY 1934
Cover of pamphlet, ‘Planning a Subsistence Homestead’, Farmers' Bulletin (United States. Dept. of #Agriculture). May 1934.
#SubsistenceHomesteads Division, #DepartmentoftheInterior, transferred, 1935, to the #ResettlementAdministration
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#farming #TheNewDeal

Photographic Print. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives, Library of Congress. https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/cumberland-homesteads-crossville-tn/

In #APRIL 1937
Cumberland Homesteads Residence, #Crossville #Tennessee. Photograph by #ResettlementAdministration (now #FarmSecurityAdministration) #photographer #ArthurRothstein (1915-1985). April 1937.
#SubsistenceHomesteads #CumberlandHomesteads

In #MARCH 1936
‘House, #CumberlandHomesteads, Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee. Crossville, Tennessee.’ Resettlement #ResettlementAdministration photographer #CarlMydans (1907-2004)
#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)
#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