House in southern U.S. (LOC)

Wolcott, Marion Post,, 1910-1990,, photographer.

House in southern U.S.

ca. 1940

1 slide : color.

Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
Houses
United States--Southern states

Format: Slides--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 11671-9 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34314

Call Number: LC-USF35-134

Comments and faves

  1. lokn4lovfmu51 (55 months ago | reply)

    what i find surprising is all of these photos, were taken by the war department. what else did they photograph ? we were under government spies , all these years. wonder what will show up after,we are dead,and buried??

  2. Tsu Dho Nimh (52 months ago | reply)

    They were doing a survey of agricultural resources and conditions, and looking for spots away from the coasts to evacuate if they had to.

  3. cdw1302 (46 months ago | reply)

    Agricultural resourse surveys, yes. And documenting the condition of American farmland.
    Notice in these photos how the vegetation is very sparce. That is because the topsoil has been eroded away after a hundred years of neglecting the soil. Up until the late 1930's many farmers simply removed the trees from the forrests and planted crops on the naturally rich soil. After a few years the natural nutrients were depleted and crops wouldn't grow so the farmer moved to "new ground" and left the old fields. Since there wasn't enough nutrients in the soil to support plants, the soils eroded.
    During and after WWII fertilizers became more affordable and farmers started practicing better farming techniques.

  4. ~Zoe!, syyper, Active Curiosity, greyherbert, and 3 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  5. Just_Amy (31 months ago | reply)

    It looks to me like these photos might have been taken in the southern pinelands, which can have sandy soil and support the type of flora you see pictured.

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