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Barn and Silo

Date: 09 04 1967
Description: Rear view of a barn with stone foundation and a cement silo. In the foreground are overgrown shrubs and grass.
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Farm Home with Dilapidated Yard

Date: 1924
Description: Exterior view of a farmhouse, windmill, and an adjacent barn, all standing in a dilapidated yard. A partially collapsed fence is in the foreground, and wha...
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Rundown Farm Buildings

Date: 10 1930
Description: View across a road and field of several rundown farm buildings located near a farmhouse. The image was used to illustre: "poor farm buildings."
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Bombing in North Vietnam

Date: 1967
Description: Bombed street and Catholic Church in Phat Diem, North Vietnam. American journalist David Schoenbrun, who visited the city in August 1967, reported that the...
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West Point Plantation

Date: 1910
Description: View of the slave quarters at West Point Plantation. Copyright 1910 by Fleming & Bryant, Brunswick, GA.
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Farm Buildings Near Rochelle

Date: 04 28 1925
Description: View across a rural road of farm buildings in a state of disrepair.
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Ramshackle Farm Buildings

Date: 04 06 1926
Description: View across road of a deteriorating barn and a few sheds. In the background is a young child standing in the yard of a farmhouse. Original caption reads, "...
Postcard

The Ruins

Date: 1912
Description: Colorized postcard of "The Ruins." A brick hotel (possibly the MLAKAR HOTEL) is behind and to the right of the old foundation. Various signs are pasted on ...
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Forest Hill Cemetery

Date: 07 15 1957
Description: Cemetery caretaker M.F. Chapman points to an undeveloped area west of the veterans' section at Forest Hill Cemetery that has become filled with wood debris...
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Typical Home Abandoned in Site I

Date: 05 17 1935
Description: View of abandoned homes and other structures.
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Typical Home Abandoned in Site I

Date: 05 17 1935
Description: View of an abandoned home and barn behind a post fence.
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Abandoned Barn in Site I

Date: 08 14 1935
Description: View of an abandoned barn in a field with long grass. The roof is caved in.
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Old Brundage Farm in Site I

Date: 1935
Description: View of the dilapidated farm from which the Brundage family moved with the assistance of The United States Resettlement Administration.
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Wood Pile, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Elevated view of yard with a wood pile for fuel. In the background are roads, porches, and other dwellings.

Beekman Quarters housed 81 people in 23 buil...

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Two Boys in Street, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Two boys stand in a wet dirt road in the foreground. In the background is a house with a pile of objects in the yard, including an automobile, a door, and ...
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Hurricane Damage, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: "Damage done by Hurrican [sic] Betsy remains untouched eight months later. Note that tin covering has been torn off far edge of roof. Rain leaks through ot...
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Outhouse, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: One of the 15 outdoor toilets in the Beekman Quarters neighborhood of Natchez, Mississippi. "'It's been full for two months. We still have to use it or wal...
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House, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: "Roof leaks. Yard is too treacherous to play in or to hang out clothes. This photo was taken from the street as a tenant looked out the front door down the...
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Front Porch, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: "Two rooms. Six people, ages 33, 12, 8, 5, 2, 1. Wood heat. $12.00 per month. Carry water from neighbors front yard."

Beekman Quarters housed 81 people i...

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Woman and Child on Porch, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: A woman and a child sit on the front porch of a house. This building houses 8 people in two rooms.

Beekman Quarters housed 81 people in 23 buildings. Non...

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