Little remains of the Lake Dick Project from Roosevelt’s New Deal. All that is left are a few houses. The area is currently on the National Register of Historic Places. When it was active, there was considerable work for everyone as seen by the photographs taken in 1938 by Russell Lee and Dorothea Lange.

Dairy cows at Lake Dick

Member of Lake Dick Cooperative Association repairing mowing machine, Arkansas

Tractor at Lake Dick, Arkansas

Loading bales of cotton onto truck from gin. Lake Dick Project, Arkansas

Cotton in process of ginning. Lake Dick Project, Arkansas

Placing burlap wrappings in compressor. Lake Dick Project, Arkansas

Working on diesel engine in power plant of cotton gin. Lake Dick Project, Arkansas

Bale of cotton immediately after compressing, being tipped out of baler. Lake Dick Project, Arkansas

Cooperative farmer at sorghum mill. Lake Dick Project, Arkansas

Scales and baler, cotton gin. Lake Dick Project, Arkansas

Weighing the milk. Dairy farm, Lake Dick Project, Arkansas. Daily production record of each cow was kept

Cows in stanchions in dairy barn. Lake Dick Project, Arkansas

Milking cows in dairy barn. Lake Dick Project, Arkansas

Sorghum plant. Lake Dick Project, Arkansas

Mules, Lake Dick Cooperative Association, Lake Dick, Arkansas

Airview of Lake Dick project, Arkansas. Taken by Arkansas National Guard ca. 1938

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