Rural Construction and Labor

Photographs of rural construction sites and communities showing agricultural laborers and their living conditions in historical contexts.

Brooder tents for chickens on the Arizona part-time farms. Maricopa County, Chandler Unit, Arizona 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arizona , Chandler, Arizona , Maricopa County

Outskirts of Firebaugh. West side of San Joaquin Valley, California. Six families with twenty-two children live in this house. Cotton workers: "He's good (the boss). He lets us live here without paying rent". 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Firebaugh, California , Fresno County, Migrant agricultural laborers, Agricultural laborers, Housing

Old sugar mill near Gibson, Louisiana. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Louisiana , Gibson

Construction of a field airport in the section of the 4th K.U.K. Army.

Photo collection Government information service. Work, channels, locks. undated

Moving Agency Storage Shed. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Temporary Storehouse, Time Control Office, Repair Shop, South Weymouth, Massachusetts. 1939 - 1947.

Brooder tents for chickens on the Arizona part-time farms. Maricopa County, Chandler Unit, Arizona 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arizona , Chandler, Arizona , Maricopa County

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, storage building on Blue Meadow Road, looking southwesterly, Belchertown, Mass., Mar. 31, 1947 : Parcel no. 208-1 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, sheds storage structures

Prefabricated steel dwellings (one step up from a tent) replace the use of a tent in the newer California camps. United States goverment camp for migrants, Farm Security Administration. Farmersville, California. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Farmersville, California , Tulare County, Migrant agricultural laborers, Internal migrants, Labor camps, Housing

Junk Pile. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pierre Agency. 1954-1972. Decimal Correspondence

Gravel Washing Plant. 1931 - 1945. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Turtle Mountain Agency. 7/1/1910-9/17/1947. Photographs

Nursery Work: Seed Beds - Nebraska. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Barn and packing shed of fruit farmer. Placer County, California. Buildings grow shabby and neglected looking as incomes of these fruit specialists decline 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Placer County

Truck and tractor repair storage shops are centrally located at the Earl Fruit Company ranch. Kern County, California 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Kern County

Enrollee Crew at Timber Treatment Plant at Agency with Winterized Steam Engine. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Porcupine Creek Bridge Project 6-1. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Two Public Works Dept. apprentices standing alongside a map cabinet with ten drawers.

Tractor garage at the Aldridge Plantation near Leland, Mississippi. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mississippi , Leland, Plantations

Mr. Palmer is living here while he builds his new house, made possible through a FSA (Farm Security Administration) real estate loan. Black Canyon Project, Canyon County, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Canyon County

Progress #7-Temporary storehouse, time control office, repair shop , Temporary buildings. Photographs of the First Naval District

Deadcluding of infrastructure facilities, factories and supply units at the Russian war showplatz.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Chelsea Creek Tunnel, land of the Commonwealth, Chelsea, Mass., Mar. 19, 1915 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Sheet metal isolation units at the migratory labor camp. Sinton, Texas. These will be used for isolation of people at the camp with contagious diseases of a temporary nature 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Sinton, Texas , San Patricio County

Landing Fields - Labrador, Aerial Photograph.

Loading freight cars with cauliflower. Jaroso, Colorado 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Power unit and laundry shelters at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) migratory farm labor camp mobile unit. Athena, Oregon 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Athena, Oregon , Umatilla County

Sugar mill near Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Louisiana , Breaux Bridge, Louisiana , Saint Martin Parish

Mr. Cherser unloading some of his farming implements at the barn on his new homestead. Greenwood, Jefferson County, Alabama 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Farmstead of Negro sharecropper with sharecropper carrying water. Near Transylvania, Louisiana. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Louisiana , Transylvania, Louisiana , East Carroll Parish

Near Niland, Imperial Valley, California. Industrialized agricultural. New housing on large ranch for agricultural workers who live and work on ranch the year round. Twelve such houses, with electricity, but no piped water. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Niland, California , Imperial County, Agricultural laborers, Labor housing

Same as 19051. Rent eight dollars per month. California. Near Bakersfield. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Bakersfield, California , Kern County, Migrant agricultural laborers, Housing, Dwellings

S. I. A. C. Hanger. Fédèle Azari (Italian, 1895 - 1930)

Prefabricated steel dwellings (one step up from a tent) replace the use of a tent in the newer California camps. United States goverment camp for migrants, Farm Security Administration. Farmersville, California. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Farmersville, California , Tulare County, Migrant agricultural laborers, Labor camps, Housing, Internal migrants

Saw Products: Lumber Construction - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

View of ECW Warehouse. 1931 - 1945. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Turtle Mountain Agency. 7/1/1910-9/17/1947. Photographs

View of the yard of the Public Works Department in Nairobi, where Charles Bungey worked as a technical instructor. Various sheds and workshops surround the open space, with half-built furniture also in the shot. Original manuscript caption: New workshop of P.W.D. Nairobi.

Exterior of the rail adjustment plant in Hallsberg. Travers for loading adjusted rails.

Newly-arrived farm workers talking to the Idaho state employment representative at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) migratory labor camp mobile unit. Wilder, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Wilder, Idaho , Canyon County

Vintage Photograph. Homes under construction in New Jersey

Soldiers unloading equipment at the T.A. Gillespie Loading Plant in South Amboy, New Jersey in 1919. This plant played a crucial role in supporting American military activities during World War One. (Caption for Photographs of American Military Activities during World War One, #111-SC-12550)

Shacks occupied by Mexican beet workers. Near Fisher, Minnesota. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Minnesota , Fisher, Minnesota , Polk County

Fruit packing sheds. New Castle, California 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , New Castle, California , Placer County

Company housing for Mexican cotton pickers, showing the San Joaquin Valley in the background. South of Corcoran, California. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Corcoran, California , Kings County, Labor housing, Agricultural laborers

Construction. Original Title: Miscellaneous. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

The bus station in Bollnäs under construction.

Mills, Milling and Log Storage - Arkansas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Shed Conversion to 3 Car Garage for CCC-ID employees. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Boxes full of peas at vinery near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Wisconsin , Sun Prairie, Wisconsin , Dane County

Typical East El Centro home, (Mexican field laborer) El Centro, Imperial Valley, Calif. 1936. Photographs. 1936. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , El Centro, California , Imperial County, Dwellings, Agricultural laborers

Other Project. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Magazine for outgoing goods. Milk containers on the loading dock.

Deadline of infrastructure facilities, companies and factories on the Russian war showplatz.

Lumber mill which is being dismantled. Careyville, Florida. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Florida , Caryville, Florida , Washington County, Lumber industry, Plant shutdowns, Sawmills

Overall view of laundry, shower and power units at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) migratory labor camp mobile unit. Wilder, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Wilder, Idaho , Canyon County

Contract No. 85, Manufacture and Delivery of Precast Concrete Steel Cylinder Pipe, Southborough, Framingham, Wayland, Natick, Weston, welding tables and forming rolls, Natick, Mass., Apr. 6, 1939

Chemical Warfare Service, Edgewood Arsenal, Edgewood, Maryland. This photograph shows Filling Plant No. 3, Group No. 1 and shell dumps at the Edgewood Arsenal. The photo was taken on August 11, 1918, as part of a series documenting activities during World War I.

Range Improvements - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Östl.Galuzia: under construction steam room. (K.U.11.ktd.).

Kaweah Delta Cooperative gin and yard. There are three such cooperatives in the southern California cotton industry. Tulare County, California. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Tulare County, Cotton, Agriculture, Agriculture, Cooperative

Sharecroppers. Arkansas. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Kanthal, which became a subsidiary of Bultfabriken AB in 1938, in Hallstahammar.

Photo collection Government information service. School in Nissenhuit in Eede (Municipality of Aardenburg). undated. Aardenburg, Eede

Carpenter workshop D.Schanzeugdepot No.7.Abs. 30.VIII.1915. Location: Cellulosefabrik Villach. .

Barre Wool Combing Co., sewage outlet to river, Barre, Mass., 3:05 PM, May 22, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, settling tanks

Frank Maisner, barn, etc., Shutesbury, Mass., May 17, 1928 : Parcel no. 466-2, Frank Maisner , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, barns

Contract No. 85, Manufacture and Delivery of Precast Concrete Steel Cylinder Pipe, Southborough, Framingham, Wayland, Natick, Weston, concrete testing laboratory at Lock Joint Pipe Co. plant, Natick, Mass., Feb. 24, 1939

The home of a new farmer who has successfully established himself on the raw land. He has repaid his FSA (Farm Security Administration) loan of twelve hundred and forty-eight dollars in full. Family arrived on the project in August 1937. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon, Farms

Building Under Construction. 1910 - 1965. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

Contract No. 130, Grading, Loaming, and Grassing Vicinity of Shaft 4, Pressure Aqueduct, Southborough, and Improvement of Access Roads to the Intake Works and at Norumbega Reservoir, Marlborough, Southborough, Weston, looking southerly showing rebuilt MDC access road at Station 6, Terminal Chamber, Marlborough, Mass., May 16, 1941

Laundry on the line. FSA (Farm Security Administration) migratory labor camp mobile unit. Wilder, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Wilder, Idaho , Canyon County

Lineup of trucks waiting to be unloaded at stockyard. San Angelo, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Angelo, Texas , Tom Green County

Line of trucks at wheat elevator west of Amarillo, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Amarillo, Texas , Potter County

View in an agricultural exhibition in Middelburg. .

Sonoma County, California. White leghorns in a chicken yard. The area centered at Petaluma produces eggs on a large scale, using only single-comb white leghorns. 1942. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Petaluma, California , Sonoma County

Image shows the manufacturing process of time fuses and shells at the International Arms & Fuse Company in Bloomfield, New Jersey. The photo was taken on July 10, 1918. This is an official photograph from the collection "Photographs of American Military Activities during World War One."

Julia A. Thresher, barn, Prescott, Mass., July 16, 1928 : Parcel no. 409-11, Julia A. Thresher , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, barns

The newly built steam sawing plant in Stable.

Contract No. 85, Manufacture and Delivery of Precast Concrete Steel Cylinder Pipe, Southborough, Framingham, Wayland, Natick, Weston, steam jackets for curing finished pipe, Natick, Mass., May 29, 1939

Loading the roundup trucks, Quarter Circle U Ranch, Big Horn County, Montana 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Chuck wagon and tarpaulin. Ranch near Spur, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Spur, Texas , Dickens County

Pacific Gas and Electric powerhouse. Placer County, California 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Placer County

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, Main Street, looking back from near Sta. 85+00, Rutland Sewer Line, Rutland, Mass., Jul. 9, 1940

Farming (Workers in Field). 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Frank Maisner, barn, etc., Shutesbury, Mass., May 17, 1928 : Parcel no. 466-2, Frank Maisner , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, barns

Auto camp north of Calipatria, California. Approximately eighty families from the Dust Bowl are camped here. They pay fifty cents a week. The only available work now is agricultural labor. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Calipatria, California , Imperial County, Internal migrants, Migrant agricultural laborers, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939

Workers in oyster industry live in shacks like this. Mosquitoes breed in everpresent pools of water, Shellpile, New Jersey 1938. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Contract No. 85, Manufacture and Delivery of Precast Concrete Steel Cylinder Pipe, Southborough, Framingham, Wayland, Natick, Weston, stored pipe for Section 7, Contract 73, Natick, Mass., May 29, 1939

Ruins of stamp mill. Silver Peak, Nevada 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Pacific Gas and Electric powerhouse. Placer County, California 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Placer County

American Sugar Refinery Co (Revere Rubber Co) Granite St. , Industrial facilities, Sugar industry, Boston Wharf Company Collection

Lumber mill which is being dismantled. Careyville, Florida. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Florida , Caryville, Florida , Washington County, Lumber industry, Plant shutdowns, Sawmills

Gearbox Two wings in Ödeshög "exchange horse.

Cotton seed warehouse and gin in San Patricio County, Texas 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Patricio County

The wagon workshop in Halmstad.

Mills, Milling and Log Storage - Arizona. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Preserved degreasing system.Sorting the canned roves, boiling and squeezing the boots. .

Calipatria, Imperial County. Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp. Tent space fifty cents a week. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Calipatria, California , Imperial County, Migrant agricultural laborers

Otis Co., Palmer Mills, hydroelectric station #19, looking southwest, Palmer, Mass., Mar. 2, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, general views, hydroelectric power plants

Sharecroppers. Arkansas. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Roper's Mill, Princeton, Mass., Mar. 20, 1936 : Purchased Mar. 28, 1931, Parcel no. 228- , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, mills buildings

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