In #OCTOBER 1940
‘School at Pie Town, #NewMexico is held at the #FarmBureau Building.’
Color transparency by #RussellLee (1903-1986)
for the #FarmSecurityAdministration. October 1940.
#PieTown #homesteading #homesteaders #farming #farmers #farmlife #colorphotography #school

In #OCTOBER 1940
‘#Schoolchildren singing, Pie Town, New Mexico’
Color transparency by #RussellLee (1903-1986)
for the #FarmSecurityAdministration. October 1940.
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farming #farmers #farmlife #colorphotography #school #schoolchoir

‘Lunch is prepared for the school children at Lake Dick.’ October 1938.
#blackandwhitephotography #RussellLee #TheNewDeal #cooperatives #school #education #LakeDick #Arkansas

‘Lake Dick School House also doubled as a Community Center.’ Photographer Russell Lee (1903-1986). October 1938.
#blackandwhitephotography #RussellLee #TheNewDeal #cooperatives #school #education #LakeDick #Arkansas

to work for themselves. Here 3,453 acres had been purchased, and 80 houses, 6 community buildings and several farm support structures built, to create a cooperative farm community.
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#blackandwhitephotography #RussellLee #TheNewDeal #cooperatives #school #LakeDick #Arkansas

In #OCTOBER 1938
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#Photographer #RussellLee (1903-1986) at the #LakeDick Resettlement Community, #Arkansas, for the Photography Project of #ResettlementAdministration (by 1938 the #FarmSecurityAdministration)
This was one of the #RA’s efforts to help sharecroppers ➡️
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In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Son of Jim Norris, homesteader, tying corn into bundles, Pie Town, New Mexico’ Color transparency by #RussellLee (1903-1986) for the #FarmSecurityAdministration. October 1940.
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farming #farmers #colorphotography

In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Harvesting new corn from the field of Jim Norris, Pie Town, New Mexico’ Color transparency by Russell Lee (1903-1986) for the #FarmSecurityAdministration
October 1940
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farming #farmers #RussellLee #colorphotography

In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Mrs. [Jim] Norris with homegrown cabbage, one of the many vegetables which the #homesteaders grow in abundance, #PieTown, #NewMexico’ #Colorphotography by #RussellLee (1903-1986) for the #FarmSecurityAdministration. October 1940.
#homesteading #farming #farmers

In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Jim Norris, homesteader, Pie Town, New Mexico’
Color transparency by Russell Lee (1903-1986) for the #FarmSecurityAdministration. October 1940.
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farming #farmers #RussellLee #colorphotography #TheNewDeal

In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Home of Jim Norris, homesteader, Pie Town, New Mexico’ Color transparency by Russell Lee (1903-1986) for the #FarmSecurityAdministration. October 1940.
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farming #farmers #RussellLee #colorphotography #TheNewDeal

In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Jim Norris and wife, homesteaders, Pie Town, New Mexico - 1940’ Color transparency by Russell Lee (1903-1986) for the Farm Security Administration Oct. 1940
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #RussellLee #colorphotography #FarmSecurityAdministration

‘Typical Lake Dick farm home[s].’ Photographer Russell Lee (1903-1986) in October 1938.
#blackandwhitephotography #RussellLee #TheNewDeal #cooperatives #farming #housing #houses #LakeDick #Arkansas

‘Looking Across the Lake, Lake Dick Project, Arkansas.’
Photographer Russell Lee (1903-1986)
October 1938
#blackandwhitephotography #RussellLee #TheNewDeal #cooperatives #farming #housing #houses #LakeDick #Arkansas

to work for themselves. Here 3,453 acres had been purchased, and 80 #houses, 6 community buildings and several farm support structures built, to create a cooperative farm community.
👉ALT
#blackandwhitephotography #RussellLee #TheNewDeal #cooperatives #housing #LakeDick #Arkansas

In #OCTOBER 1938
#Photographer #RussellLee (1903-1986) at the #LakeDick Resettlement Community, #Arkansas, for the Photography Project of #ResettlementAdministration (by 1938 the #FarmSecurityAdministration)
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This was one of the #RA’s efforts to help sharecroppers ➡️
👉ALT

In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Getting ready to serve the #barbeque dinner at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair’ #Colorphotography by #RussellLee (1903-1986) #FarmSecurityAdministration. October 1940.
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farmers #farmlife #countryfair #cakes #pies

In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Serving up the #barbeque at the Pie Town, New Mexico, Fair’ Color transparency by #RussellLee (1903-1986) #FarmSecurityAdministration
Oct. 1940
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farmers #farmlife #countryfair #festival #colorphotography

In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Group of #homesteaders in front of the bean house which was used for exhibit hall at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair. #Colorphotography by #RussellLee (1903-1986) for the #FarmSecurityAdministration Oct. 1940
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #warehouse #beans

In #OCTOBER 1940
‘Pinto bean warehouse, Pie Town, New Mexico’ Color transparency by #RussellLee (1903-1986) for the #FarmSecurityAdministration. October 1940.
#PieTown #NewMexico #homesteading #homesteaders #farming #farmers #beans #PintoBeans #warehouse #colorphotography