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A black and white photo of a pier with boats. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a pier with boats. Office of War Informatio...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A black and white photo of a group of children, Louisiana. Farmers during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a group of children, Louisiana. Farmers dur...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Spanish trappers putting the muskrat skins on wire stretchers before hanging them up to dry. By their camp in the marshes near Delacroix Island, Louisiana. See general caption no. 1

Spanish trappers putting the muskrat skins on wire stretchers before h...

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Muskrat skins hanging up to dry by Spanish trapper's home in the marshes.  He then takes the furs to the island to sell. Delacroix Island, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana

Muskrat skins hanging up to dry by Spanish trapper's home in the marsh...

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill ...

Significance: The Sterling Marsh contains formal tidal rice fields associated with the antebellum Richmond Plantation, and were also reclaimed in the 1930s during Henry Ford's tenure and used for lettuce produc... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Children of agricultural day laborer. Scioto Marshes, Hardin County, Ohio

Children of agricultural day laborer. Scioto Marshes, Hardin County, O...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

A black and white photo of people on a boat. Great Depression FFSA / O...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Spanish muskrat trapper's son with stretched skins in his hands. In back of their camp in the marshes on Delacroix Island, Louisiana. See general caption no. 1

Spanish muskrat trapper's son with stretched skins in his hands. In ba...

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spanish muskrat trapper's camp with home built piroques (canoes) on the bayou in the marshes near Delacroix Island, Louisiana

Spanish muskrat trapper's camp with home built piroques (canoes) on th...

Public domain image of wetland, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Putting the muskrat pelts through a wringer after they have been skinned. Then they are hung up to dry, turned inside out, put on a stretcher and further dried. By a Spanish trapper's camp in the marshes near Delacroix Island, Louisiana. See general caption number one

Putting the muskrat pelts through a wringer after they have been skinn...

Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill ...

Significance: The Sterling Marsh contains formal tidal rice fields associated with the antebellum Richmond Plantation, and were also reclaimed in the 1930s during Henry Ford's tenure and used for lettuce produc... More

Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill ...

Significance: The Sterling Marsh contains formal tidal rice fields associated with the antebellum Richmond Plantation, and were also reclaimed in the 1930s during Henry Ford's tenure and used for lettuce produc... More

Children of day laborer. Scioto Marshes, Hardin County, Ohio

Children of day laborer. Scioto Marshes, Hardin County, Ohio

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Spanish muskrat trapper's home in the marshes. In the small boats or "piroques" he can go up the very narrow and shallow bayous. Delacroix Island, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana

Spanish muskrat trapper's home in the marshes. In the small boats or "...

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Muskrat skins hanging up to dry by Spanish trapper's home in the marshes.  He then takes the furs to the island to sell. Delacroix Island, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana

Muskrat skins hanging up to dry by Spanish trapper's home in the marsh...

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spanish trapper returning to his camp after checking up on his muskrat traps. On the left are the skins hanging up to dry. In the marshes near Delacroix Island, Louisiana. See general caption number one

Spanish trapper returning to his camp after checking up on his muskrat...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a boat in the water. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a boat in the water. Office of War Informat...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Muskrat skins hanging up to dry by Spanish trapper's home in the marshes.  He then takes the furs to the island to sell. Delacroix Island, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana

Muskrat skins hanging up to dry by Spanish trapper's home in the marsh...

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of clothes hanging out to dry. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of clothes hanging out to dry. Office of War I...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A little boy sitting on a step with a gun. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A little boy sitting on a step with a gun. Great Depression FFSA / OWI...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Three FSA (Farm Security Administration) supervisors going out in the bayous and marshes to visit some of the muskrat trappers at their camp. Near Delacroix Island, Louisiana. See general caption number one

Three FSA (Farm Security Administration) supervisors going out in the ...

Public domain image of a boat in the water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Muskrat skins hanging up to dry by Spanish trapper's home in the marshes.  He then takes the furs to the island to sell. Delacroix Island, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana

Muskrat skins hanging up to dry by Spanish trapper's home in the marsh...

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Muskrat skins hanging up to dry by Spanish trapper's home in the marshes.  He takes the furs to the island to sell in the boat which he later uses for fishing and shrimping. Delacroix Island, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana

Muskrat skins hanging up to dry by Spanish trapper's home in the marsh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill ...

Significance: The Sterling Marsh contains formal tidal rice fields associated with the antebellum Richmond Plantation, and were also reclaimed in the 1930s during Henry Ford's tenure and used for lettuce produc... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Spanish trapper with reeds he places near the trap in the muskrat's run. In the marshes near Delacroix Island, Louisiana

Spanish trapper with reeds he places near the trap in the muskrat's ru...

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spanish muskrat trapper with reeds he places near the trap in the muskrat's run, in the marshes near Delacroix Island, Louisiana

Spanish muskrat trapper with reeds he places near the trap in the musk...

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wife of day laborer putting wood in stove. Scioto Marshes, Hardin County, Ohio

Wife of day laborer putting wood in stove. Scioto Marshes, Hardin Coun...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wife and daughters of day laborers. Scioto Marshes, Hardin County, Ohio

Wife and daughters of day laborers. Scioto Marshes, Hardin County, Ohi...

Public domain photograph of life in the USA during the 1930s-1940s, war, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Trappers' camps in the marshes near Delacroix Island, Louisiana. See general caption no. 1

Trappers' camps in the marshes near Delacroix Island, Louisiana. See g...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a pile of hay. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a pile of hay. Office of War Information Ph...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A black and white photo of a boat filled with sheep. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a boat filled with sheep. Office of War Inf...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a shack. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a shack. Office ...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

House built by the muskrats. They line it with mud and partition it off so that each animal has a separate room. In the marshes near Delacroix Island, Louisiana

House built by the muskrats. They line it with mud and partition it of...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spanish muskrat trappers drinking wine and playing "cache," a form of poker, in their camp in the marshes. Delacroix Island, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana

Spanish muskrat trappers drinking wine and playing "cache," a form of ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tavern, pub, or small restaurant, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Muskrat skins hanging up to dry by Spanish trapper's home in the marshes. He then takes the furs to the island to sell. Delacroix Island, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana

Muskrat skins hanging up to dry by Spanish trapper's home in the marsh...

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A colorful, and shallow, portion of Lake Fork, north of Emory in Rains County, Texas

A colorful, and shallow, portion of Lake Fork, north of Emory in Rains...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill ...

Significance: The Sterling Marsh contains formal tidal rice fields associated with the antebellum Richmond Plantation, and were also reclaimed in the 1930s during Henry Ford's tenure and used for lettuce produc... More

Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill ...

Significance: The Sterling Marsh contains formal tidal rice fields associated with the antebellum Richmond Plantation, and were also reclaimed in the 1930s during Henry Ford's tenure and used for lettuce produc... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

An accurate map of North and South Carolina with their Indian frontiers, shewing in a distinct manner all the mountains, rivers, swamps, marshes, bays, creeks, harbours, sandbanks and soundings on the coasts; with the roads and Indian paths; as well as the boundary of provincial lines, the several townships and other divisions of the land in both the provinces;

An accurate map of North and South Carolina with their Indian frontier...

Scale ca. 1:530,000. Hand colored. LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along folds. "Longitude west from London." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.... More

Spanish trapper's family looking in his bag at his "catch" of muskrats. In front of their camp in the marshes near Delacroix Island, Louisiana. See general caption no. 1

Spanish trapper's family looking in his bag at his "catch" of muskrats...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spanish trapper returning to his camp after checking up on his muskrat traps. On the left are the skins hanging up to dry. In the marshes near Delacroix Island, Louisiana. See general caption no. 1

Spanish trapper returning to his camp after checking up on his muskrat...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

A black and white photo of a group of people on a boat. Great Depressi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill ...

Significance: The Sterling Marsh contains formal tidal rice fields associated with the antebellum Richmond Plantation, and were also reclaimed in the 1930s during Henry Ford's tenure and used for lettuce produc... More

Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill ...

Significance: The Sterling Marsh contains formal tidal rice fields associated with the antebellum Richmond Plantation, and were also reclaimed in the 1930s during Henry Ford's tenure and used for lettuce produc... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

An accurate map of North and South Carolina with their Indian frontiers, shewing in a distinct manner all the mountains, rivers, swamps, marshes, bays, creeks, harbours, sandbanks and soundings on the coasts; with the roads and Indian paths; as well as the boundary or provincial lines, the several townships and other divisions of the land in both the provinces;

An accurate map of North and South Carolina with their Indian frontier...

Scale ca. 1:530,000. Hand colored. "Longitude west from London." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows precinct boundaries. Insets: The harbour of Port Royal [ca. 1:200,000]--The bar and ha... More

A black and white photo of two boats in the water. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of two boats in the water. Great Depression FF...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Children of agricultural day laborer who came from Kentucky to work in the Scioto Marshes, Hardin County, Ohio

Children of agricultural day laborer who came from Kentucky to work in...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Spanish trapper hanging muskrats up to dry their fur before skinning.  Stretching and drying the pelt follows this. His camp is in the marshes nearby. Delacroix Island, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana

Spanish trapper hanging muskrats up to dry their fur before skinning. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Spanish trapper hanging muskrats up to dry their fur before skinning. Stretching and drying the pelt follows this. His camp is in the marshes nearby. Delacroix Island, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana

Spanish trapper hanging muskrats up to dry their fur before skinning. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Spanish trappers' camp in the marshes. In the small "piroque" (or canoe) he can go up the very narrow and shallow bayous; the large boat he uses for fishing, going to the island to sell his muskrat pelts, and bringing back supplies. Delacroix Island, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana.

Spanish trappers' camp in the marshes. In the small "piroque" (or cano...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a group of people on a beach. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people on a beach. Office of War...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A black and white photo of a man on the beach. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man on the beach. Office of War Informati...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

[Looking out over the marshes in Long Island Sound near Westport, Connecticut]

[Looking out over the marshes in Long Island Sound near Westport, Conn...

Date provided by the photographer. Title from information photographer provided for related adjacent image LC-DIG-highsm-18895. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the ... More

Looking out over the marshes in Long Island Sound near Westport, Connecticut

Looking out over the marshes in Long Island Sound near Westport, Conne...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

A mashy inlet of Lake Fork in Rains County, east of Dallas in northeast Texas

A mashy inlet of Lake Fork in Rains County, east of Dallas in northeas...

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Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill ...

Significance: The Sterling Marsh contains formal tidal rice fields associated with the antebellum Richmond Plantation, and were also reclaimed in the 1930s during Henry Ford's tenure and used for lettuce produc... More

Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill ...

Significance: The Sterling Marsh contains formal tidal rice fields associated with the antebellum Richmond Plantation, and were also reclaimed in the 1930s during Henry Ford's tenure and used for lettuce produc... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

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