(Transcribed from The Opelika Times, Opelika, Alabama August 22, 1879
Tag: Georgia
A glimpse of rural life in Georgia in 1939, times were hard
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 […]
Vivid photographs reveal Sharecroppers lives in Georgia
Sharecropping is a system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on the land. Sharecropping occurred extensively in the Southern United States during the Reconstruction era (1865–1877). The South had been devastated by war; planters had ample land but little money for wages or taxes. At the […]
What if you had to pack everything in your house and move across country in a covered wagon like this?
We have trucks, moving vans and paved roads today which makes moving from one state to another much easier. Imagine having to pack up an move all your belongings in covered wagons and on trails rather than paved roads. The task seems daunting, but this occurred, even as late as the early 1900s as revealed […]
Striking [vintage photographs] of small town life in Georgia in 1939
Many residents of Greene County, Georgia struggled to make ends meet in 1939. Marion Post Wolcott documented their difficulties, and anything else that interest her as she traveled with photographs. Rural rehabilitation family. Greene County, Georgia 1939 Black Grocery Store in Sylvania, Georgia. Prices posted outside RIBBON OF LOVE: 2nd edition – A Novel Of […]
Beautiful Appalachian mountains – see rare photographs & 1940 film of the people
The Appalachian Mountains stretch from Belle Isle in Canada to Cheaha Mountain in the U.S. state of Alabama. The cultural region of Appalachia typically refers only to the central and southern portions of the range. Since its recognition as a distinctive region in the late 19th century, Appalachia has been a source of enduring myths […]
Remember these signs – they tell stories too – [see old pictures]
While economic woes made life difficult in Georgia during the 1930’s, some still had a sense of humor and strong religious convictions as revealed by the road signs below. Photographed by Dorothea Lange 1937 Photographed by Marion Post Walcott 1939 Try a trial Membership by clicking the link below. Join Amazon Prime […]
Life was simpler in 1939 in Greene County, Georgia, [vintage pictures] but you couldn’t find work
Greene County, Georgia suffered in the Depression years and many had difficulty finding work. Life was much simpler as seen by these pictures taken by Marion Post Wolcott in the spring of 1939. The desriptions are hers. Shoeing a mule in Greene County, 1939 RIBBON OF LOVE: 2nd edition – A Novel Of Colonial America: Book one […]
These are remarkable photographs of people in rural Georgia from 1937
Dorothea Lange was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange’s photographs humanized the consequences of the Great Depression and influenced the development of documentary photography. She visited Georgia in 1937 and below are some of her remarkable photographs. Farmer who has just moved into impoverished Greene County, Georgia from the […]
Relics of Antebellum days in Georgia, stand like ghosts of the past
Georgia had some very palatial antebellum mansions as evidenced by the following photographs taken by Dorothea Lange taken in July 1937, many of these are in Greene County, Georgia. Please comment in the Reply section below if you can identify any of the beautiful mansions not labeled. Greene County, Georgia was formed on February 3, […]
