greenecounty
37 photos tagged greenecounty, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.
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- jackdelano
- georgia
- libraryofcongress
- whiteplains
- greene
- cotton
- ga
- plantation
- newyorkpubliclibrary
- dc:coverage=1941
- 1941
- field
- greensboro
- sawmill
- farming
- sharecroppers
- smoke
- lumber
- greensborolumber
- farm
- hats
- africanamericans
- fsa
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The last upload was December 2008.
Mrs. Gus Wright, Farm Security Administration client with he... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
At a meeting of Negro FSA borrowers in a church near Woodvil... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
Church service in the Negro church, Woodville, Greene County... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
At a meeting of Negro Farm Security Administration borrowers... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
Mrs. Annie Albrittan, who does washing in her home in Woodvi... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
Civilian Conservation Corps boys putting up a fence, Greene ... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
Mr. Ed. Downes, FSA director in Greene, Georgia, speaking on... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
The family of Mr. Leroy Dunn, chopping cotton in a rented fi... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
Going to town on Saturday afternoon, Greene Co., Ga. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
The Greensboro Lumber Co., Greensboro, Ga. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Corn field, Ga.? (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Landscape on the Jackson farm, vicinity of White Plains, Ga. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Landscape on the Jackson farm, vicinity of White Plains, Ga. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
House near White Plains, Ga.? (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
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Workers going home from an afternoon of chopping cotton, Greene County, Ga. (LOC)
- gkiltz said:
The Greensboro Lumber Co., Greensboro, Ga. (LOC)
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perfgeek said:
Would those be telephone or telegraph lines?
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jdeavin said:
the hi res LOC scan of this is soft.
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GroverH said:
They are telephone lines, rural telephone companies were often co-ops financed by guaranteed loans through the Rural Electrification Administration. Thanks to FDR. (A telegraph line was a single wire, the earth was the return side of the circuit. Telephone lines were pairs of wires. Up to ten subscribers could share one pair -- a party line. It looks like about fifteen pairs on these poles, so that could be as many as 150 telephones, but was probably about 50 on party lines and five to ten expensive private lines)
Mrs. Gus Wright, Farm Security Administration client with he...
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Paula said:
My great aunt used to can figs which she grew in her backyard in Augusta Georgia. This shot brought back many memories. Thanks.
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J. Colerangle said:
this is commercial agriculture in its purest form
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Flickr Foundation said:
Thank you for sharing this photo. We've used it in our blog post for Black History Month in 2024 www.flickr.org/black-history-through-archival-images