Ohio, Rural Life in the 30s
Images by #Photographer #TheodorJung from the spring of 1936 for #FarmSecurityAdministration
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Delivering water: A horse pulls a home-made skid carrying a water barrel from a distant spring. Theodor Jung photographed the delivery system in Garrett County, Maryland, in September 1935.
Theodor Jung
“Water barrel, used for bringing water from spring which is some distance away, Garrett County, Maryland.” September 1935.
Source: FSA/OWI Collection, Library of Congress
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All dressed up with nowhere to go: Sitting on a bench in front of The Playhouse pool hall in Jackson, Ohio, two young men talk things over. Dressed in dark suits with open-collar dress shirts - the man on the right sporting a stylish pair of sunglasses - they are observed through the window by another man inside the pool hall. Theodor Jung made the photograph in April 1936.
Theodor Jung
"Young fellows in front of pool hall, Jackson, Ohio." April 1936.
Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress
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Newsboy talk: Three newspaper hawkers hang out by a line of parked cars in Jackson, Ohio. One of them wears the obligatory newsboy cap. Theodor Jung photographed the newsboys in April 1936.
Theodor Jung
“Newsboys, Jackson, Ohio.” April 1936.
Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress
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Theodor Jung, on assignment in Jackson County, Ohio, in April 1936, made a single image of an abandoned brickworks. The photo shows a series of broken-down kilns, about 10 block chimneys and piles of broken parts from dismantled mechanical equipment.
Theodor Jung
“Abandoned brick factory, Jackson County, Ohio.” April 1936.
Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress
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