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TitleTyped transcript of letter to Helen Sater, U.S. Dept. of Labor, November 6, 1943

Date Created1943-11-06

DescriptionIn this letter, a white woman residing at Seabrook writes that although she and other workers had been promised free housing at Seabrook, the company was now attempting to charge them. The company's...

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitleBridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Prefabricated houses, made from materials not affected by wartime shortages, at the camp

Date Created1942-06

DescriptionToilets installed over pits were among the many sanitary concerns that surrounded living conditions in the migrant labor camps. Visitors to the camp commented on the unbearable smell that emanated...

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleBridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Single men live in the tents; families live in the houses

Date Created1942-06

DescriptionTent housing at the FSA migrant labor camp was occupied mainly by black workers from the U.S. South. These workers typically received the worst housing accommodations.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleBridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Water is piped conveniently through the camp

Date Created1942-06

DescriptionPumps like the one featured here were the sole source of water at the FSA camp. Access to uncontaminated water posed another concern to reformers.

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitleBridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Wash day. In the near future the camp will have a completely modern laundry unit

Date Created1942-07

DescriptionSpecial laundry stations were created by the FSA at Big Oaks, and were served by pumped-in cold water.

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)