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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)

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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)