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Collection: Lange, Dorothea FSA/OWI PHotos
1045 photos
Fuel station on the Aldridge Plantation. Mississippi
Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years. He is now left stranded in the cut-over area
Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years. He is now left stranded in the cut-over area
Louisiana Negress
Net fishing on the Gulf of Mexico. Pass Christian, Mississippi
Pulp wood going down the River Styx to Mobile by inland waterway near Robertsdale, Alabama
Farmer's daughter in the fields. Farm in Georgia
The landowner's daughter hoes cotton on a south Georgia farm
Sharecropper family near Hazlehurst, Georgia
Ox team used to haul pulpwood. Mississippi
Cabin in Hancock County, Mississippi
Pulling out the railroad tracks which lead to the closed sawmill. Careyville, Florida
Families are left stranded without means of support when the lumber mill "cuts out." This family lives on a cut-over area. The mill has closed, and the father does WPA (Work Projects Administration) work. Near Kiln, Mississippi
Sharecropper family near Hazlehurst, Georgia
Sharecropper family near Hazlehurst, Georgia
The one inhabitant remaining in Fullerton, Louisiana, an abandoned lumber town
Public library in the piney woods of southwestern Mississippi
Public library in the southwestern section of Mississippi, in the piney woods
A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia. The father repairs sewing machines, lawn mowers, etc. He is leaving Macon, where a license is required for such work (twenty-five dollars) and heading back for Alabama
A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia. The father repairs sewing machines, lawn mowers, etc. He is leaving Macon, where a license is required for such work (twenty-five dollars) and heading back for Alabama
landowner waiting for the bus. Mississippi
Bank at Homerville, Georgia
Stranded residents of Careyville, Florida, who formerly obtained a livelihood from the lumber industry