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A black and white photo of a group of people - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

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Boy hauling water. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Negroes at Gees Bend, Alabama. Descendants of former slaves of the Pettway Plantation. They are still living under primitive conditions on the plantation

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Cabins on the old Pettway Plantation. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Descendants of former slaves on the Pettway Plantation. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Split rail fence and barn. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Cabin with mud chimney. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Some of the descendants of the Pettway Plantation slaves. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Carrying water. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Woman on the Gees Bend Plantation. Wilcox County, Alabama

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John Miller and family who live in the old Pettway Mansion. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Children at Gees Bend. Wilcox County, Alabama

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Pettway family group. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Pat Bendolph, one of the tenants at Gees Bend, Alabama

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John Henry Miller and family. Miller is foreman of the Pettway Plantation. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Bucket and gourd. Gees Bend, Alabama

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One of the Negroes living on the old Pettway Plantation. Gees Bend, Alabama. John Henry Miller, foreman of the plantation

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Sewing a quilt. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Interior of the old Pettway home, now inhabited by John Miller, foreman of the Gees Bend Negroes. Alabama

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Working in the garden. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Cultivated land at Gees Bend, Alabama

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Gees Bend Negro splitting wood. Alabama

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School is out. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Primitive cabin at Gees Bend, Alabama

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Gees Bend family. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Negroes at Gees Bend, Alabama. Descendants of former slaves of the Pettway Plantation. They are still living under very primitive conditions on the plantation

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Cabin on the Pettway Plantation. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Negroes at Gees Bend, Alabama. Descendants of slaves of the Pettway plantation. They are still living very primitively on the plantation

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One of the cabins on the old Pettway Plantation. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Cabin at Gees Bend, Alabama. Great Depression public domain photograph.

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Girl at Gees Bend. Great Depression public domain photograph.

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Home of the Pettways, now inhabited by Negroes. At Gees Bend, Alabama

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Descendant of former slave of the Pettways. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Conducting school in a church at Gees Bend, Alabama

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Church at Gees Bend, Alabama. Great Depression public domain photograph.

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Pat Bendolph, one of the tenants at Gees Bend, Alabama

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Cabins on the Pettway Plantation. Gees Bend, Alabama

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One of the Negroes living on the old Pettway Plantation. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Inhabitants of Gees Bend, Alabama

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Curing meat. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Footpaths across the field connect the cabins. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Negro boys at Gees Bend, Alabama

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Aunt Nellie Pettway, carrying wood from yard for fireplace. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Two children of project families taking home the ground corn meal from the cooperative mill, Gees Bend, Alabama

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Section of old house on project, where old man Moseley lives, Gees Bend, Alabama

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Juanita Coleman helps during recreation time for adult class. In the church she teaches them to read and write and to discuss any interests and problems. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Son of one of project families bringing home meal ground from his corn in cooperative mill, Gees Bend, Alabama

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The field supervisor working with and instructing some of the men and boys in demonstration of cooperative gardening. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A man standing next to a herd of sheep.

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Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of a man on a boat.

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Florence Wright, recreation supervisor, starts off a game during outdoor class with schoolchildren, Gees Bend, Alabama

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Angelina Parker and children working in garden, Gees Bend, Alabama

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Florence Wright, recreation supervisor, directs games with adult class. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Fertilizer for Nolan Pettway, Gees Bend, Alabama

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Steering the ferry for a landing at Gees Bend, Alabama

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Robert Pierce, school principal, directs a science class making experiments with soils, Gees Bend, Alabama

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Bringing corn to cooperative mill. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of a man on a boat.

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Old cable ferry between Camden and Gees Bend, Alabama

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A black and white photo of a group of people in a field. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

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Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. An old photo of a man sitting on a chair.

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Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A man and a woman riding in a horse drawn carriage.

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Jorena Pettway and her daughter making chair cover out of bleached flour sacks and flower decorations from paper. She also made the chairs and practically all the furniture in the house. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A group of women standing next to each other.

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Gertrude, churning on Isaiah Pettway's porch, Gees Bend, Alabama

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Fertilizer for Nolan Pettway, Gees Bend, Alabama

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Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A man riding on the back of a horse.

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Florence Wright, recreation supervisor, starts off a game during outdoor class with schoolchildren, Gees Bend, Alabama

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A black and white photo of a woman tending to animals, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

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Behind the homemade plow in the school garden, Gees Bend, Alabama

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Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A man riding a horse drawn carriage down a dirt road.

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Supervised games with schoolchildren, Gees Bend, Alabama

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Rehearsing the maypole dance for May Day, health day excercises. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Jorena Pettway with some of the Gees Bend livestock, Alabama

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Project mamager's truck coming across on ferry from Camden to Gees Bend, Alabama

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Bringing home meal from cooperative grist mill, Gees Bend, Alabama

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"Old man Mosely," now blind, just sits by the house, Gees Bend, Alabama

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A black and white photo of a group of baseball players. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

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Juanita Coleman helps during recreation time for adult class. In the church she teaches them to read and write and to discuss any interests and problems. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Mark Parker and son working in garden, Gees Bend, Alabama

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A black and white photo of a woman sitting on a porch. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

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A black and white photo of a group of people. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

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Nolan Pettway's children bringing home wagonload of fertilizer, Gees Bend, Alabama

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Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. Two young boys standing next to each other in front of a house.

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Steering the ferry for a landing at Gees Bend, Alabama

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Nolan Pettway and some of his family on their front porch, Gees Bend, Alabama

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Negro almost eighty, who has been running ferry across river from Camden to Gee's Bend for almost forty-eight years. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Working in school garden, Gees Bend, Alabama

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Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of a group of men.

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Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of a woman sitting in front of a log cabin.

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Steering the ferry for a landing at Gees Bend, Alabama

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N.R.A. and Lindberg Pettway, sons of Nolan Pettway, Gees Bend, Alabama

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Behind the homemade plow in the school garden, Gees Bend, Alabama

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Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of a man on a horse drawn carriage.

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Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of a man standing on a dock.

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Outside the cooperative store on Saturday morning, Gees Bend, Alabama. Man in wagon is Earl Lee Young

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Aunt Sally, old midwife, the only doctor or nurse ever heard of in Gees Bend before project was started. Gees Bend, Alabama

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