This Is What Life Looked Like In North Carolina In 1936. WOW!

In 1936 North Carolina, the aftershock of the Great Depression was still very much present. Many families and farmers signed up for the FSA Resettlement Administration (established just a year earlier) which included loans and land in return for working on government-owned property. While FSA practices came under fire for quite sometime, one thing they did manage to do was bring in amazing photographers to capture this important part of North Carolina history. These pictures are simply fascinating.

1. Penderlea homesteads.

Wouldn't it be nice to live this simply again?

2. Kiddie pool.

Two young children splash and play in Pender.

3. Homemade cider?

Two men demonstrate a homemade cider press in Raleigh.

4. Washing clothes.

Women wash clothes on the Crabtree Recreational Project near Raleigh.

5. Paying a rehabilitation loan.

After the Great Depression many families depended on FSA rehabilitation loans to get back on their feet.

6. In the 'sitting room.'

Mrs. Bert Thompson sits with her son in their home in Wayne.

7. General household duties.

On the land of tenant farmer Bert Thompson in Wayne.

8. Threshing day.

Farm hands pose for a picture on 'threshing day' outside of Durham.

9. A tobacco warehouse.

A common scene from a tobacco warehouse in Durham.

10. Lining up to repay loans.

Resettlement clients line up to pay off loans after selling tobacco.

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