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Irwinville Farms House, Thomas Road
Posted in --IRWIN COUNTY GA--, Irwinville Farms, Irwinville GA with tags --IRWIN COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, Irwinville Farms, Irwinville GA, {Most Endangered Historic Places in South Georgia}, {South Georgia Architecture}, {South Georgia Farmhouses}, {The Great Depression in South Georgia} on February 16, 2012 by Brian BrownNew Website About Irwinville Farms
Posted in --IRWIN COUNTY GA--, Irwinville Farms with tags --IRWIN COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, Irwinville Farms, {The Great Depression in South Georgia} on September 29, 2011 by Brian Brown
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 Farms was one of many Farm Security Administration resettlement communities, and we’re quite lucky to have the large visual archive that we do to document the common folk of the 1930s. I love looking at the images, and I think you will, too. [The photograph above was made in May 1938 by John Vachon: "Rolling a cigarette. Irwinville Farms, Georgia."]
Quitman County Courthouse, 1939, Georgetown
Posted in --QUITMAN COUNTY GA--, Georgetown GA with tags --QUITMAN COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, Georgetown GA, {South Georgia Architecture}, {South Georgia Courthouses}, {The Great Depression in South Georgia} on August 25, 2011 by Brian Brown
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 funds during the Great Depression.
Federal Emergency Administration Plaque, 1939, Darien
Posted in --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--, Darien GA with tags --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, Darien GA, {Coastal Georgia}, {South Georgia Jails}, {The Great Depression in South Georgia} on July 24, 2011 by Brian Brown
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.
Lyons Post Office, 1942
Posted in --TOOMBS COUNTY GA--, Lyons GA with tags --TOOMBS COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, Lyons GA, {South Georgia Architecture}, {South Georgia Landmarks}, {South Georgia Post Offices}, {The Great Depression in South Georgia} on July 5, 2011 by Brian Brown
This is one of the most unique and last of the WPA post offices built in Georgia.
Detail of Albino Manca Sculpture, Lyons Post Office
Posted in --TOOMBS COUNTY GA--, Lyons GA with tags --TOOMBS COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, Lyons GA, {South Georgia Landmarks}, {South Georgia Post Offices}, {South Georgia Recreation}, {South Georgia Sculptures}, {South Georgia Wildlife}, {The Great Depression in South Georgia} on July 5, 2011 by Brian Brown
This image depicts a doe and fawn, in Wild Duck and Deer, by Italian sculptor Albino Manca (1897 – 1976).
Vestibule, Lyons Post Office
Posted in --TOOMBS COUNTY GA--, Lyons GA with tags --TOOMBS COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, Lyons GA, {Doors}, {South Georgia Architecture}, {South Georgia Landmarks}, {South Georgia Post Offices}, {South Georgia Sculptures}, {The Great Depression in South Georgia} on July 5, 2011 by Brian Brown
This view shows more of Albino Manca’s wall sculpture, Wild Duck and Deer, in the background.
Eagle Sculpture, Lyons Post Office
Posted in --TOOMBS COUNTY GA--, Lyons GA with tags --TOOMBS COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, Lyons GA, {South Georgia Landmarks}, {South Georgia Post Offices}, {South Georgia Sculptures}, {The Great Depression in South Georgia} on July 5, 2011 by Brian Brown
One of the most beautiful sculptures in Georgia, this eagle was created by the great Italian sculptor Albino Manca.
Civil Service Bulletin Board, Lyons Post Office
Posted in --TOOMBS COUNTY GA--, Lyons GA with tags --TOOMBS COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, Lyons GA, {South Georgia Landmarks}, {South Georgia Post Offices}, {The Great Depression in South Georgia}, {World War II in South Georgia} on July 5, 2011 by Brian Brown
Ambrose Elementary School
Posted in --COFFEE COUNTY GA--, Ambrose GA with tags --COFFEE COUNTY GA--, Ambrose GA, Copyright Brian Brown, {South Georgia Architecture}, {South Georgia Schoolhouses}, {The Great Depression in South Georgia} on June 18, 2011 by Brian Brown
This is the old school. The new one is just down the road. I wish I could have gotten a better shot, but with the chain-link fence, that wasn’t an option. I believe this is a WPA-built school, from the late 1930s, but would appreciate a confirmation of that.
