Erosion of land was a major problem in Georgia during the 1930’s along with the depression.
Marion Post Walcott visited Georgia and documented the economic difficulties residents had with photographs Her photographs provide a glimpse of life in rural Georgia in 1939. The descriptions included with the photographs are hers.
Farmer in overalls pointing toward eroded land
Old cotton warehouse with roof taken off to avoid taxes. Rutledge, Georgia
Family moving from place to place through southern regions doing any kind of repair work near Atlanta, Georgia
Former tenant moving into new house where he will be a day laborer. Southern Georgia 
A lumber planing mill. Cairo, Georgia
Stacks of lumber with tractor in planing mill. Cairo, Georgia
Rehabilitation borrower’s family, Greene County, Georgia 1939
Watching a Baseball game, Atlanta, Georgia 1939
Highway near Greensboro, Georgia may 1939
Sharecropper’s home, Greene County, Georgia 1939
Rural landscape. Georgia, Greene County 1939
Deserted home. Greene County, Georgia 1939
Eroded land. Greene County, Georgia May 1939
Chopping cotton near Montezuma, Georgia May 1939
Rehabilitation client’s house. Greene County, Georgia
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