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A black and white photo of a woman standing next to a horse drawn carriage during Great Depression

At the cotton gin in Siloam on ginning day, Greene County, Georgia

Expedients for crossing streams, blanket boat

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Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. Tennessee, e.g. TVA, Knoxville

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. Tennessee, e.g. TVA, Knoxville

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. Tennessee, e.g. TVA, Knoxville

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. Tennessee, e.g. TVA, Knoxville

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. Tennessee, e.g. TVA, Knoxville

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. Tennessee, e.g. TVA, Knoxville

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. Tennessee, e.g. TVA, Knoxville

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. Tennessee, e.g. TVA, Knoxville

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. Tennessee, e.g. TVA, Knoxville

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. Tennessee, e.g. TVA, Knoxville

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Summary

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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tennessee nitrate negatives tennessee ridge miscellaneous lot miscellaneous lot barbara wright barbara wright tva knoxville farm security administration 20th century united states history library of congress farmers market vendors farmers agriculture
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Date

01/01/1941
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Contributors

Wright, Barbara, photographer
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Location

Tennessee Ridge ,  36.31200, -87.77336
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Source

Library of Congress
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Link

http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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Lauderdale County, Alabama. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Cattle on the Julien H. Case farm

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. New Mexico

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

General planning. This photograph is included in the series as a vivid document on the impingement of Twentieth Century technology upon the neglected and backward rural scene. The meter on the wall of the rural shack indicates that it now receives its share of electricity from the power carried overland by the huge TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) transmission line. TVA program must resolve the conflict between between modern and ancient ways of life so that individuals, similar to those which are shown in the picture, will be benefited

Used car lot, Lancaster, Ohio. Great Depression public domain photograph.

The stories they've told! Another load of RKO Radio typewriters is turned in to the government for war work. Somewhere in the lot is Maureen O'Harra's personal typewriter which she added to the pile before she would pose in the picture. The machines come from the script department where each one has played its role in recording countless memorable senes for screenplays. Taking time off between the shooting of scenes at the RKO Studios in Hollywood, Miss O'Harra helped collect more than seventy typewriters for future use by the Army, Navy, and Marines

Planting corn along river in northeastern Tennessee

Bus trip from Knoxville, Tennessee, to Washington, D.C. Mechanic working on motor outside of garage of Tennessee Coach Company, Knoxville

One of our new battleships of the land: a mighty M-4 tank that will disturb a lot of Axis plans. In the welded hulls of these massive machines is armament that ensures tremendous firepower in the hands of tough, resourceful "tankers." Location: Fort Knox, Kentucky

Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam construction. A workman on a cofferdam of the new Fort Loudoun Dam, furthest upstream of the TVA's main Tennessee River projects. Scheduled for closure and first storage of water early in 1943, this dam will create a 15,000-acre lake reaching fifty-five miles upstream to the city of Knoxville. The reservoir will have a useful storage capacity of 126,000 acre-feet. Power installation of 64,000 kilowatts is authorized, with a possible ultimate of 96,000 kilowatts. Note safety precaution in the form of a life preserver strapped to this worker

Sunday morning in Tennessee. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

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tennessee nitrate negatives tennessee ridge miscellaneous lot miscellaneous lot barbara wright barbara wright tva knoxville farm security administration 20th century united states history library of congress farmers market vendors farmers agriculture