Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana photographs, 1939-1942.

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Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana photographs, 1939-1942.

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Photographs made by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration from the survey of America, 1939-1942. The collection includes images of rural schools and children in Wisconsin, the Dakotas, and Montana. Also included are images of loading grain from grain elevators onto ships in Superior, Wis.; residential neighborhoods in Milwaukee; a cherry canning plant; Greendale, Wis.; and farm scenes.

49 photographs (1 folder)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6924540

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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United States. Farm Security Administration

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The Farm Security Administration (FSA) was established within the United States Department of Agriculture to implement the provisions of the Bankhead-Jones Tenant Act of 1937. The agency also took over certain functions of its predecessor, the Resettlement Administration (RA). The FSA made available and administered long-term loans to tenants and sharecroppers, loaned funds to rural cooperatives, and operated camps for migrant farm workers. The FSA was abolished in 1946; the Farmers Home Adminis...

Vachon, John, 1914-1975

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John Felix Vachon (1914-1975), American photographer, worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression, and then in the early 1970s for the Environmental Protection Agency's Project DOCUMERICA. From the description of Vachon, John, 1914-1975 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10575638 Photographer. From the description of John Vachon papers, 1913-1995 (bulk 1935-1959). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132921 ...