Name/Title
Farm Security Administration Photographs of FloridaEntry/Object ID
975.9 CARDescription
Like the rest of the South, rural Florida was desperately poor during the depression. Per capita income in the state dropped from $510 in 1929 to $298 in 1933, and 157 banks permanently closed their doors between 1928 and 1940. Many of the FSA photographs illustrate how poor men, women, and children lived, worked, and survived during hard times. Balancing images of the impoverished are those of ordinary tourists, of the middle-class residents of small towns and villages, and of the well-to-do in cities along the southeastern coast. Together with photographs depicting soil erosion, the misuse of farmlands in northern counties, and the decline of the fishing, wood pulp, and timber industries, the Florida FSA collection offers a brilliant composite portrait of the sunshine state in the grip of the Great Depression.Collection
Library CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsDimensions
Height
10 inWidth
8 inDepth
3/8 inBook Details
Author
Carlebach, MichaelPlace Published
City
GainesvilleState/Province
FloridaCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1993Place Printed
Country
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaDate Printed
1993Binding
Binding Type
Perfect BoundPublication Language
EnglishCall No.
975.9 CARISBN
0-8130-1213-9Condition
Reason for Exam
At AcquisitionOverall Condition
Fair