Tag Archives: {The Great Depression in South Georgia}

March 8, 2012

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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February 16, 2012

Irwinville Farms House, Thomas Road

For more about Irwinville Farms, visit: http://irwinvillega.wordpress.com/

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September 29, 2011

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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August 25, 2011

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 →

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July 24, 2011

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.

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July 5, 2011