Asbestos wall board was used in building this town The photographs below reveal that asbestos wall board was used in building this town in Ohio. The men working on the Greenhills Resettlement project in 1937 were exposed to asbestos. I wonder if they became ill later and if the wallboard has been removed. Greenhills alone cost $11.5 […]
Mules, tractors and shovels built this town When construction started on the town, there was no heavy equipment to move the earth, only tractors and men with shovels and the project provided work for them. The village of Greenhills, a greenbelt community in northern Hamilton County was built by the federal government as part of President Franklin […]
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 […]
“There is no child so bad that he/she can’t be used as an income tax deduction.” “It’s tax time. I know this because I’m staring at documents that make no sense to me, no matter how many beers I drink.” Dave Barry “Taxation with representation ain’t so hot either.” Gerald Barzan, humorist “In general, the […]
Have you ever tried these recipes with onions? Onions and Cottage Cheese 10 medium onions 1 carton cottage cheese ½ pint cream Salt and pepper to taste Slice and boil onions until tender, drain and add other ingredients. Heat, but do not boil. Serves 6. Creamed Onions and Peanuts Allow 2 medium sized onions […]
Greenbelt towns would rival ‘Green Projects’ today In the midst of The Great Depression, a New Deal program called the Greenbelt Town program, built a series of highly rational garden cities that would rival “Green projects” today. Only three small projects were built. Greenhills, Ohio is one of only three “Greenbelt Towns” built in the […]
The Lake Dick Cooperative Association in Arkansas was a New Deal Project. It consisted of the heads of each resident household, with each member holding one share of stock. This Association controlled all commercial and agricultural activities at Lake Dick. As a benevolent cooperative, the Association leased the entire 3,453 acre farm from the […]
Towns were declared unconstitutional Some towns that had their start during the Depression Era were declared socialistic and unconstitutional in the 1940s and 1950s era when the anti-socialists were influencing American politics. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt created a program to build new suburban communities as part of his New Deal plans for the country. The overseeing […]
*Note: This is an exact Transcription from Historic Houses of New Jersey By Weymer Jay Mills .J. B. Lippincott Company – written in 1902 The Burrowes Mansion, still standing in the picturesque village of Matawan, New Jersey, — noted for its old trees, old churches, and old dwellings,—is very much like the former Mount Pleasant Hall […]
The stores of downtown Circleville, Ohio have probably changed many times over the years. The photographs below show Main and Court Street businesses in 1938 when taken by photographer Ben Shahn. Grand clock This is a grand clock outside the entrance of Butch Jewelers. L. P. Butch Jewelers was established by L. C. Butch, on […]
