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Date Created1937-1959

DescriptionPostcard reads: P 1627 Cresot Plant, Roosevelt, N. J.

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TitleHomesteaders helping store corn for the dairy herd which is soon to be acquired by the colony

Date Created2009, 1936-11

DescriptionPhoto shows several men who appear to be loading or unloading corn at a storage facility, perhaps a silo. Much corn is visible. Source: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information...

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

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TitlePhotograph of Mrs. Cohen

Date Created1936-06

DescriptionRose Cohen, Jewish-American mother, wife of the farm manager at Jersey Homesteads. Source: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints...

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

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TitleStefan Martin, Roosevelt artist, in studio

Date Created1966, 1966

DescriptionMartin was one of a number of artists who chose to make their homes in Roosevelt.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleAerial view of Jersey Homesteads

Date Created1936-1938

DescriptionAerial photograph of houses along the side of a road. Photographer unknown. Possibly Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Carl Mydans, or Arthur Rothstein. Source: Farm Security Administration - Office of War...

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

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TitleOriginal boiler room, Roosevelt, New Jersey

Date Created1980, 1980

DescriptionAs largely self-sufficient community, Jersey Homesteads had its own utilities.

Time PeriodContemporary America (1968-present)

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TitleCrop workers

Date Created1936-06

DescriptionPotato field where the farm members of this resettled group have the second best crop in the three leading potato counties, according to estimates of the New Jersey Agricultural State College. Source:...

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

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TitleSteelworker building Jersey Homesteads

Date Created1935-11

DescriptionA worker in a hat is reaching with his right hand up to the crane hook to attach a cable. Source: Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress...

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

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TitleCloseup of tailor in garment factory, Jersey Homesteads

Date Created1936-11

DescriptionPhotograph shows a seated man, hand stiching a small piece of fabric. Source: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection Library of Congress Prints and Photographs...

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

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TitleView of nearly completed factory for garment workers

Date Created1936-06

DescriptionIndustrial building with glass windows and loading dock.Source: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division...

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