Tag Archives: {The Great Depression in South Georgia}
Georgia in the Great Depression
Near White Plains, Georgia. Jack Delano, ca. 1941. Library of Congress. Before I had an interest in photography I knew Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother. Elementary school textbooks, at least of my era, often used the copyright-free image to symbolize the … Continue reading
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Irwinville Farms House, Thomas Road
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Filed under --IRWIN COUNTY GA--, Irwinville Farms, Irwinville GA
New Website About Irwinville Farms
http://irwinvillega.wordpress.com/ If you enjoy the history of rural South Georgia during the Great Depression, you’ll enjoy this site. I’m using Library of Congress images, as well as feedback and personal items from people related to the Irwinville Farms Project. Irwinville … Continue reading
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Quitman County Courthouse, 1939, Georgetown
T. F. Lockwood, Jr., Architect The present courthouse replaced a two-story wooden structure which burned in 1920. Due to economic hard times, the county rented warehouse space for use as a temporary courthouse until this was built with federal relief … Continue reading
Filed under --QUITMAN COUNTY GA--, Georgetown GA
Federal Emergency Administration Plaque, 1939, Darien
This tablet commemorates improvements made to the McIntosh County Jail by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, one of FDR’s so-called “Alphabet Agencies” during the Great Depression.
Filed under --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--, Darien GA
Lyons Post Office, 1942
This is one of the most unique and last of the WPA post offices built in Georgia.
Filed under --TOOMBS COUNTY GA--, Lyons GA
Detail of Albino Manca Sculpture, Lyons Post Office
This image depicts a doe and fawn, in Wild Duck and Deer, by Italian sculptor Albino Manca (1897 – 1976).
Filed under --TOOMBS COUNTY GA--, Lyons GA
Vestibule, Lyons Post Office
This view shows more of Albino Manca’s wall sculpture, Wild Duck and Deer, in the background.
Filed under --TOOMBS COUNTY GA--, Lyons GA
Eagle Sculpture, Lyons Post Office
One of the most beautiful sculptures in Georgia, this eagle was created by the great Italian sculptor Albino Manca.
Filed under --TOOMBS COUNTY GA--, Lyons GA
