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Daughter of migratory family in Farm Security Administration (FSA) labor camp. Calpatria, Imperial Valley, California

Daughter of migratory family in Farm Security Administration (FSA) lab...

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Set of thirteen select slides of shepherd life illustrating the Twenty-Third Psalm. "Yea, though I walk through the valley"

Set of thirteen select slides of shepherd life illustrating the Twenty...

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Beit ed-Din. The Shehab Palace (held as a national monument). Lebanon. Terraced and wooded valley. From Beit ed-Din

Beit ed-Din. The Shehab Palace (held as a national monument). Lebanon....

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[Mt Zion, Hinnom Valley and wilderness from west]

[Mt Zion, Hinnom Valley and wilderness from west]

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Recreational structures. Another view of concession building near Chickamauga Dam (compare with K 2411). Grading and planting unfinished. Boat harbors are built by TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) on well-sheltered lake arms close to centers of population. Concession buildings serve as supply headquarters and also accommodate large numbers of visitors who come to watch fun

Recreational structures. Another view of concession building near Chic...

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One of the groups of tourists' cabins at Cove Lake State Park. The general appearance of the structures, as others built by the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority), is more or less traditional because it was thought that too great a deviation in this remote area would prevent ready popular acceptance of the main principles of the demonstration

One of the groups of tourists' cabins at Cove Lake State Park. The gen...

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Cove Lake Park was built under TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) direction by the Tennessee State Department of Conservation with the assistance of the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) on an arm of Norris Lake. It was initiated as a demonstration of standards appropriate to valley conditions

Cove Lake Park was built under TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) direct...

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General planning. In bringing down its overall planning program to actual cases, the Authority works in intimate contact with local political institutions, and county, city, and state planning agencies, most of which owe their existence to TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) instigation. Models, designs, surveys, drafts of ordinances and legislation are developed by TVA technicians to assist in the physical replanning of the valley

General planning. In bringing down its overall planning program to act...

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The grocery store in the group of buildings shown in K 1870 was likewise designed as an offset to the usual dark and messy crossroads establishment typical of rural areas. While originally established to serve TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) employees, it is now used by residents of the vicinity in general

The grocery store in the group of buildings shown in K 1870 was likewi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a grocery or convenience store, food, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

One of the TVA's (Tennessee Valley Authority) switchyards near Memphis, Tennessee. While such installations tend to be clearcut and orderly in the nature of their layouts, the TVA also puts particular stress on the minor buildings which occur in conjuction with them, as demonstations of architectural design generally applicable to smaller structures

One of the TVA's (Tennessee Valley Authority) switchyards near Memphis...

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Miscellaneous design. In the course of its construction programs, the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) has occasion to design and construct many different types of buildings, always with an earnest effort to set examples which are within the ability of local residents or organizations to follow. This school at Fontana, erected for the children of TVA employees, is operated in collaboration with the North Carolina State Department of Education and a large portion of it will remain in permanent use,

Miscellaneous design. In the course of its construction programs, the ...

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Cove Lake Park was built under TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) direction by the Tennessee State Department of Conservation with the assistance of the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) on an arm of Norris Lake. It was initiated as a demonstration of standards appropriate to valley conditions

Cove Lake Park was built under TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) direct...

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Guntersville Dam and powerhouse. Closeup view of powerhouse. Note texture of concrete on electrical bay which is typical of most TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) projects. Pattern is produced by alternating directions of grain in adjoining form panels. Rough-sawn lumber is used to make grain more pronounced. Heavy texture conceals color and surface irregularities of concrete and will become particularly valuable as concrete ages. Office floor is above flood level and has continuous glass brick strip

Guntersville Dam and powerhouse. Closeup view of powerhouse. Note text...

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Bridges. Highway bridge across an arm of Norris Lake which has been developed by the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority), with local cooperation, for recreational uses. Note that, as on all TVA bridges where view is of importance, the parapet consists of a solid portion and an open rail to permit good view

Bridges. Highway bridge across an arm of Norris Lake which has been de...

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Walnut Valley, Bacon's Castle vic., Surry County, Virginia

Walnut Valley, Bacon's Castle vic., Surry County, Virginia

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Pickwick Dam. Reception room of a powerhouse which is somewhat difficult to reach (therefore, supplementary visitors' facilities were developed at the opposite end of the dam in separate buildings). Rest rooms, elevators, stairway, overlook balcony, and control room can be viewed either through glass doors from this room or from large plate glass openings of the overlook balcony. Terrazzo floor and base, burlap covered plaster walls, acoustic plaster ceiling. Graphic display is in a shallow wall niche between control room doors; top line shows three functions of projects in cross-sectional perspectives; photographs elaborate on TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) program; map of valley is applied to specially constructed movable table

Pickwick Dam. Reception room of a powerhouse which is somewhat difficu...

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Norris Dam and powerhouse. Night view of Norris Dam with floodlighting. The more spectacular dams of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) are equipped to be floodlit at night and are popular excursion points. Pinpoint lights along top of dam are small lenses in back of the handrail bracket road lighting fixtures. Wet spots on dam are the result of small shrinkage cracks during initial years which later sealed themselves by the sediment contained in the water

Norris Dam and powerhouse. Night view of Norris Dam with floodlighting...

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Wheeler dam and powerhouse. Visitors' reception room in Wheeler control building. Windows on three sides and overlook terrace adjoining offer complete view of plant and surroundings. Fourth wall used for description of TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) program. Floor: gray-brown terrazo, divided into large squares by white metal strips. Wainscot, window sills, trim around doorway and curb at footlights brownish-red precast terrazo. Walls burlap covered, painted subdued tan. Windows aluminum. Ceiling and upper part of walls, plaster painted warm gray with warm off-white reflecting circles and cove across end (ceiling acoustic plaster). Lighting indirect. Lights in cove across end of room also throw downward, directed by lenses toward wall display and shielded by aluminum louvers. Behind curb inclined contol lens footlights and louver (aluminum) shielding air exhaust. Supply through ceiling grilles which border ceiling on two sides. Deep trim around doorway intended as shield while passing footlights. Display in gray, black and tan, keyed with general color scheme. Guard's desk of natural oak and ebomized birch, with raised ledge for visitor's registration

Wheeler dam and powerhouse. Visitors' reception room in Wheeler contro...

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Agriculture being still the predominant occupation in the Valley, the TVA's (Tennessee Valley Authority) programs included a demonstration of good agricultural practices. The barn shown here was built in the course of such programs and served the double purpose of demonstration and the provision of pasteurized milk for construction employees

Agriculture being still the predominant occupation in the Valley, the ...

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Refreshments concession inside the Norris visitors' building (compare with notes on K 1867). In the design of such facilities the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) wanted to demonstrate simple, clean, efficient arrangements which at the time were not known or appreciated in the valley

Refreshments concession inside the Norris visitors' building (compare ...

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Agriculture being still the predominant occupation in the Valley, the TVA's (Tennessee Valley Authority) programs included a demonstration of good agricultural practices. The barn shown here was built in the course of such programs and served the double purpose of demonstration and the provision of pasteurized milk for construction employees

Agriculture being still the predominant occupation in the Valley, the ...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: 2200. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; ... More

Another view of Cove Lake State Park with the inn in the foreground and some of the tourists' cabins in the back. Located on a main highway, both a restaurant and overnight cabins fill an important need of the tourist traffic which, in turn, is important to the valley. In addition, it has become a favorite point for local recreation. The standards of space layout, finish, furnishings, and service have performed as models for this area of the valley

Another view of Cove Lake State Park with the inn in the foreground an...

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Recreational structures. Boat harbor at Norris, with parking spaces in foreground. Harbor was obtained practically without added expense by application of design to the quarrying operations which furnished the concrete aggregate for the dam. This view, which shows only a portion of the parking space, indicates the tremendous popularity enjoyed by TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) resorts, all the parking spaces being jammed full on summer holidays

Recreational structures. Boat harbor at Norris, with parking spaces in...

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Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. One of the headquarters buildings of farmers' cooperatives which distribute TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) power. With comfortable lounges, meeting rooms, and up-to-snuff shops, garages and offices, such buildings become centers of interest in the small towns in which they are located (quoted from previously written caption). Headquarters building of the rural power distribution cooperative at Shelbyville, Tennessee (see general comments under K 2382). In the design of these structures a certain degree of uniformity is observed to express the fact that they are parts of a nationwide system. The symbol REA stands for Rural Electrification Administration which by engineering, financing, and general guidance promotes rural electrical cooperatives throughout the United States and its territories. Each design is individually developed, however, from the special requirements of the organization and with attention to location and site characteristics

Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. One of the headquarters buildings of f...

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Another view of Cove Lake State Park with the inn in the foreground and some of the tourists' cabins in the back. Located on a main highway, both a restaurant and overnight cabins fill an important need of the tourist traffic which, in turn, is important to the valley. In addition, it has become a favorite point for local recreation. The standards of space layout, finish, furnishings, and service have performed as models for this area of the valley

Another view of Cove Lake State Park with the inn in the foreground an...

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Visitors' buildings. Partial view of interior of one of the twin buildings shown on photographs numbers 1986, 1983. This room serves as the guard station and also as reception room where the features of the project and the progress of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) are explained to visitors before they are taken on inspection trips

Visitors' buildings. Partial view of interior of one of the twin build...

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Employee housing. One of the house types at the construction village at Wheeler, Alabama. Most early house types of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) were more or less in harmony with local traditional building design to minimize avoiding conflict with strongly held prejudices, but improvements in detail and a closer approach to thoroughly modern concepts were sought for and attained on each subsequent project

Employee housing. One of the house types at the construction village a...

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General planning. Refrigerated barge designed and built by the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) in collaboration with the University of Tennessee to encourage the fruit and vegetable freezing industry in the Valley and the marketing of its products over the inland waterways system. The architects of the Authority cooperated in the design of the superstructure which was erected on a standard steel barge. Sheathing is of T and G boards, roof of galvanized sheet metal. Glass-enclosed cabin at one end houses refrigerating machinery, at other end crew's quarters. Colors are light shades of grey, with upper and lower bands of superstructure in maroon. Visible part of windows is the screen frame; glazed sash is behind and its frame is painted black to eliminate its competetion with the screen frame and its...

General planning. Refrigerated barge designed and built by the TVA (Te...

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Demountable employee housing.This brand new type of housing accommodation was developed through several intermediate steps and experiments in prefabrication, in answer to the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority's) need for housing for temporary use on construction projects in remote localities. The scheme permits fabrication at a distance from the job (about 600 miles in this instance), thus reducing dependence on overtaxed accommodations at the construction project. After completion of the project, the demountable housing is quickly removed elsewhere. Some of the earlier TVA demountables have been moved three times from project to project. The design shown here is particularly light in weight due to full use of the recently developed stressed-skin system of plywood construction. It is built largely of weatherproof plywood. The large bay across the front greatly enhances the size of the living room. The trailer houses, on the basis of experience to date, are entirely competitive in cost with traditionally constructed housing of the same floor area. On account of being constructed in shops rather than in the field, they are produced with much closer tolerances, considerably better finish, and with equipment designed and constructed with greater detail and superior utilization of space

Demountable employee housing.This brand new type of housing accommodat...

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Another view of Cove Lake State Park with the inn in the foreground and some of the tourists' cabins in the back. Located on a main highway, both a restaurant and overnight cabins fill an important need of the tourist traffic which, in turn, is important to the valley. In addition, it has become a favorite point for local recreation. The standards of space layout, finish, furnishings, and service have performed as models for this area of the valley

Another view of Cove Lake State Park with the inn in the foreground an...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 2678. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Recreational structures. Development of difficult topography at the ramp leading to one of TVA's (Tennessee Valley Authority) boat harbors on Norris Lake. Semi-concealed structure is public comfort station

Recreational structures. Development of difficult topography at the ra...

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Walnut Valley, Bacon's Castle vic., Surry County, Virginia

Walnut Valley, Bacon's Castle vic., Surry County, Virginia

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Demountable employee housing. Because many construction projects are in remote localities where the need for housing exists only during the construction period, the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) developed over a period of years its own method of prefabrication. Houses, recreation buildings, dormitories, washhouses, etc. have been constructed in three dimensional slices which are transported individually, fully equipped, and are coupled up on the site much like cars of a railroad train. Photograph shows one slice of a cabin, 7 1/2' x 22', in transit

Demountable employee housing. Because many construction projects are i...

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Miscellaneous design. In the course of reservoir construction the Authority occasionally floods out existing railroad lines which it replaces, together with their bridges and stations. This small station at Concord, Tennessee, is notable principally for its total deviation from usual practice for such structures in the Valley, chiefly in its clear cut plan, open shelter, light brick masonry, and the use of bright colors

Miscellaneous design. In the course of reservoir construction the Auth...

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Visitors' overlook building at Kentucky Dam. This structure is in the form of an open shed because the other functions of TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) visitors' buildings being accommodated in the nearby construction village, there was need for shelter only at this point. Since the project is in a hot climate, ample ventilation is promoted by the open front, a balustrade height opening toward the back underneath the display and grilles to ventilate the roof space. Most of the displays are arranged as transparencies, with natural illumination during the day, and with floodlights used as substitutes during the night

Visitors' overlook building at Kentucky Dam. This structure is in the ...

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Recreational structures. Another view of concession building near Chickamauga Dam (compare with K 2411). Grading and planting unfinished. Boat harbors are built by TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) on well-sheltered lake arms close to centers of population. Concession buildings serve as supply headquarters and also accommodate large numbers of visitors who come to watch fun

Recreational structures. Another view of concession building near Chic...

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Recreational structures. Big Ridge Lake. Diving tower, beach and bath house may be seen in the background. This forty-five acre body of water has proved an attractive recreation spot for thousands of visitors since it was first opened to the public in May 1934. Encircled by the 3,500 acres of wooded hills in Big Ridge Park, the resort is provided with a boathouse, bath house, a public lodge, nineteen modern vacation cabins and a beach with a specially constructed pool for children. Located on the eastern boundary of Norris reservoir about twenty-five miles northeast of Knoxville, Tennessee, the lake was formed by constuction of a small dam across one of the arms of the reservoir. This recreation area and the 3,800 acre Noris Park near Norris Dam were developed by the National Park Service and the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) in cooperation with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). This is one of many comparable parks on TVA reservoirs, most of which are in use and greatly enjoyed by tourists as well as residents of the surrounding area who previously had few, if any, outdoor opportunites for ourtdoor sport and recreation. The completion of other recreational parks has been prevented by the war

Recreational structures. Big Ridge Lake. Diving tower, beach and bath ...

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Employee housing. To accommodate construction personnel at projects, most of which are at some distance from population centers, the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) built permanent housing where there were reasons to expect such communities to be permanent. Being the single owner of land and of structures, the Authority used such housing projects to demonstrate modern principles of town planning of which other federal housing programs and private enterprise made use subsequently. The photograph shows a scene in the town of Norris, Tennessee, adjacent to Norris Dam

Employee housing. To accommodate construction personnel at projects, m...

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Miscellaneous design. Libraries in rural areas are among the great needs of the Tennessee Valley. The one shown in this photograph was built and equipped with the assistance of work relief labor out of primitive local materials

Miscellaneous design. Libraries in rural areas are among the great nee...

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Picnic shelter, more or less typical of many such structures on TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) recreational properties. All were built with CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) or similar work relief assistance with local materials to minimize cash expense

Picnic shelter, more or less typical of many such structures on TVA (T...

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Visitors' buildings. Because the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) system is owned by the public, visitors are encouraged to inspect the projects, and do so in large numbers. Many of them arrive after traveling long distances; therefore, restrooms and refreshment concessions are provided. The photograph shows such facilities at south end of Pickwick Landing Dam, divided between twin buildings which straddle the earthfill portion of the dam. The buildings front on an overlook terrace which connects with broad stairs to the lock operating deck below

Visitors' buildings. Because the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) syst...

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Norris Dam and powerhouse. Night view of Norris Dam with floodlighting. The more spectacular dams of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) are equipped to be floodlit at night and are popular excursion points. Pinpoint lights along top of dam are small lenses in back of the handrail bracket road lighting fixtures. Wet spots on dam are the result of small shrinkage cracks during initial years which later sealed themselves by the sediment contained in the water

Norris Dam and powerhouse. Night view of Norris Dam with floodlighting...

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Bridges. Highway bridge near Soddy, Tennessee, where, in cooperation with work relief agencies and the governing body of the county, TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) developed an arm of Chickamauga Lake for recreational uses

Bridges. Highway bridge near Soddy, Tennessee, where, in cooperation w...

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Norris Dam and powerhouse. View of reception room at the TVA's (Tennessee Valley Authority) first project which was experimental and somewhat small compared to visitors' traffic in peacetime. Guard sits behind special desk with raised rim, used by visitors when they register. Large window behind guard looks out over switchyard and over route taken by visitors upon completion of their inspection trip

Norris Dam and powerhouse. View of reception room at the TVA's (Tennes...

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Pickwick Dam. Downstream view of first two units of powerhouse. Intended for an eventual length of six, it has been extended to four units since photograph was taken. Assembly and repair bay surmounted by offices and reception facilities, in left end. Concrete shows ordinary formwork composed of tongue-and-groove boards, whereas most TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) projects make use of special formwork described in connection with Guntersville powerhouse

Pickwick Dam. Downstream view of first two units of powerhouse. Intend...

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General planning. This photograph is included in the series as a vivid document on the impingement of Twentieth Century technology upon the neglected and backward rural scene. The meter on the wall of the rural shack indicates that it now receives its share of electricity from the power carried overland by the huge TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) transmission line. TVA program must resolve the conflict between between modern and ancient ways of life so that individuals, similar to those which are shown in the picture, will be benefited

General planning. This photograph is included in the series as a vivid...

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This interesting combination of gauge house and navigation lightpole with service ladders and handrails developed into decorative features is typical of TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) navigation projects all up and down the river

This interesting combination of gauge house and navigation lightpole w...

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Drinking fountains are provided at engineering projects and recreational parks for visitors' convenience. This one was donated by the labor unions associated in the Tennessee Valley Workers' Council as a memorial to a labor relations official of the Authority after his death. The bronze dedication placque carries the favorite stanza of the deceased which reads as follows: "Mourn not the dead who in the cool earth lie, Dust unto dust, The calm sweet earth that mothers all who die, As all men must, But rather mourn the apathetic throng, The cowed and the meek, Who know the world's great anguish and its wrong, And dare not speak."

Drinking fountains are provided at engineering projects and recreation...

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Norris Dam and powerhouse. View of reception room at the TVA's (Tennessee Valley Authority) first project which was experimental and somewhat small compared to visitors' traffic in peacetime. Guard sits behind special desk with raised rim, used by visitors when they register. Large window behind guard looks out over switchyard and over route taken by visitors upon completion of their inspection trip

Norris Dam and powerhouse. View of reception room at the TVA's (Tennes...

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One of the groups of tourists' cabins at Cove Lake State Park. The general appearance of the structures, as others built by the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority), is more or less traditional because it was thought that too great a deviation in this remote area would prevent ready popular acceptance of the main principles of the demonstration

One of the groups of tourists' cabins at Cove Lake State Park. The gen...

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Demountable employee housing. Three-bedroom war workers' house constructed in five slices. On this project, where the houses went into an existing community in Alabama to provide housing for employees of chemical and metallurgical industries of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority), the local desire for traditional appearance was accommodated by the use of a pitched roof. Each side of the roof is hinged at the eaves and is laid down, during transport, over the ceiling to bring overall height within normal highway clearances

Demountable employee housing. Three-bedroom war workers' house constru...

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Bridges. Another bridge on the Norris freeway, designed as a continuous concrete structure, cantilevered past the abutments. The simplicity of TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) bridges contrasts with considerable detail and ornamentation on the standard types of most state highway departments. Photograph illustrates unspoiled rural character of surroundings which was attained by purchase of broad strips of land either side of road and, further contracts with abutting land owners giving them right to cultivate TVA-owned strip in exchange for prohibiting signboards on their own property

Bridges. Another bridge on the Norris freeway, designed as a continuou...

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Incidental features of engineering and other projects are designed with great care for their functional and aesthetic adequacy. The gantry crane shown here is typical of many more or less similar ones on TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) properties

Incidental features of engineering and other projects are designed wit...

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This structure is fairly typical of the kind of accomodations provided for the recreation of unmarried TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) construction employees of both sexes. Whenever possible such structures are later converted to fill permanent needs of the region. During the construction of Norris Dam, the structure included a large lounge, a refreshment and lunch space, and auditorium with stage and projection room, capable of accomodating 300, library and reading room, barber and beauty shop, restrooms, administrative office and committee or lecture rooms. The auditorium was converted into a gymnasium. It now serves as a community building for the permanent residents of the town of Norris, a regular restaurant having replaced the refreshment room, while the county art center has been installed in place of the library, and the offices, display room, and storage room of the handicraft cooperative have taken up the space formerly occupied by the barber and beauty shop

This structure is fairly typical of the kind of accomodations provided...

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Miscellaneous design. Another school built by the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority), primarily for children of its own employees at Norris, Tennessee, but operated in combination with state authorities and made available to children of county residents. It is used as a model school in the state teachers' training program

Miscellaneous design. Another school built by the TVA (Tennessee Valle...

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One of the TVA's (Tennessee Valley Authority) switchyards near Memphis, Tennessee. While such installations tend to be clearcut and orderly in the nature of their layouts, the TVA also puts particular stress on the minor buildings which occur in conjuction with them, as demonstations of architectural design generally applicable to smaller structures

One of the TVA's (Tennessee Valley Authority) switchyards near Memphis...

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General planning. In bringing down its overall planning program to actual cases, the Authority works in intimate contact with local political institutions, and county, city, and state planning agencies, most of which owe their existence to TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) instigation. Models, designs, surveys, drafts of ordinances and legislation are developed by TVA technicians to assist in the physical replanning of the valley

General planning. In bringing down its overall planning program to act...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: KX 1639. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisio... More

Bridges. Bridge on Norris freeway which was built by TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) as construction road, and later turned over to the state as part of the highway system. The bridge is of reinforced concrete and is cantilevered on the land side of the foundations to meet the highway fill. Note, also, comments on K 4203

Bridges. Bridge on Norris freeway which was built by TVA (Tennessee Va...

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General planning. In the reception room of Norris powerhouse the guide explains to a group of visitors the functioning of the project and will follow up by an explanation of the relation of the particular dam to the integrated system and to the general program of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority). See also comments relating to K 1132

General planning. In the reception room of Norris powerhouse the guide...

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Refreshments concession inside the Norris visitors' building (compare with notes on K 1867). In the design of such facilities the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) wanted to demonstrate simple, clean, efficient arrangements which at the time were not known or appreciated in the valley

Refreshments concession inside the Norris visitors' building (compare ...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 1515. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

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Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

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Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

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Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

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Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

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Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

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Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, fireplace, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Drinking water for field worker's family. Imperial Valley, California, near El Centro

Drinking water for field worker's family. Imperial Valley, California,...

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Mexican family. Brawley County, Imperial Valley, California

Mexican family. Brawley County, Imperial Valley, California

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Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority...

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Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

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Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

The Chickamauga Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is one of nine dams in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system, and was completed in 1940. The dam is named af... More

Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

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Home of Mexican field laborers. Brawley, Imperial Valley, California

Home of Mexican field laborers. Brawley, Imperial Valley, California

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Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

The Chickamauga Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is one of nine dams in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system, and was completed in 1940. The dam is named af... More

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority...

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Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

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Slums of Brawley, California. Imperial Valley

Slums of Brawley, California. Imperial Valley

Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Slums of Brawley, California. Imperial Valley

Slums of Brawley, California. Imperial Valley

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The Folly, Valley Lee vic., St. Mary's County, Maryland

The Folly, Valley Lee vic., St. Mary's County, Maryland

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Date palms. Coachella Valley, California

Date palms. Coachella Valley, California

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Tobacco. Connecticut valley - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Tobacco. Connecticut valley - safety film negatives, Library of Congre...

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Flood refugees near Memphis, Texas. These people, with all their belongings, are bound for the lower Rio Grande Valley, where they hope to pick cotton. They come from Arkansas

Flood refugees near Memphis, Texas. These people, with all their belon...

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Date palms. Coachella Valley, California

Date palms. Coachella Valley, California

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Date palms. Coachella Valley, California

Date palms. Coachella Valley, California

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Date palms. Coachella Valley, California

Date palms. Coachella Valley, California

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Buying groceries in community store. Tygart Valley, West Virginia

Buying groceries in community store. Tygart Valley, West Virginia

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Pleasant Valley, Morganton vic., Burke County, North Carolina

Pleasant Valley, Morganton vic., Burke County, North Carolina

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Pleasant Valley, Morganton vic., Burke County, North Carolina

Pleasant Valley, Morganton vic., Burke County, North Carolina

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Good roads and land with houses. Tygart Valley Homesteads, West Virginia

Good roads and land with houses. Tygart Valley Homesteads, West Virgin...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pleasant Valley, Morganton vic., Burke County, North Carolina

Pleasant Valley, Morganton vic., Burke County, North Carolina

Public domain photograph of a historic place in South Carolina, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clover Hill, Lenoir vic., Happy Valley, Caldwell County, North Carolina

Clover Hill, Lenoir vic., Happy Valley, Caldwell County, North Carolin...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s house, porch, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pleasant Gardens, Catawba Valley, McDowell County, North Carolina

Pleasant Gardens, Catawba Valley, McDowell County, North Carolina

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Clover Hill, Lenoir vic., Happy Valley, Caldwell County, North Carolina

Clover Hill, Lenoir vic., Happy Valley, Caldwell County, North Carolin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pleasant Valley, Morganton vic., Burke County, North Carolina

Pleasant Valley, Morganton vic., Burke County, North Carolina

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The All-American Canal under construction, Imperial County, California. This big earth ditch will open new territory for cultivation by bringing water for irrigation to deserts of southern California adjacent to the Imperial Valley

The All-American Canal under construction, Imperial County, California...

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Modern and convenient kitchen. Tygart Valley, West Virginia

Modern and convenient kitchen. Tygart Valley, West Virginia

Public domain photograph of West Virginia in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pleasant Valley, Morganton vic., Burke County, North Carolina

Pleasant Valley, Morganton vic., Burke County, North Carolina

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