Pine Mountain Valley Project 1936-1938.

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Pine Mountain Valley Project 1936-1938.

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The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) initiated the Pine Mountain Valley Project in 1934 as one of many rural-industrial communities established during the New Deal. The goal of the project was to use relief funds to establish a co-operative community populated by unemployed clients from Georgia cities. Instead of receiving direct relief payments, the settlers (called "colonists") would be paid to build homes, gardens, and other facilities needed to create a self-sufficient agricultural community. This series contains photographs of people, buildings, activities, and events in Pine Mountain Valley, Georgia. Included are images of settlers, their families, livestock, and homes as well as photographs of community festivals, stores, churches, barns, and scenes depicting the daily activities of farm life.

89 photographs.

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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