A number of government-paid photographers spent time at the Cumberland Homesteads in the 1930's taking photos of the people and the community and the work being done. All these photos are from the Library of Congress. Most of these photos do not have the photographer identified but one does. The lady running the spinning wheel below is by FSA photographer Ben Shahn.
The Homesteads project started in 1934 and by the time it was wrapped up some 251 houses had been built with the help of those chosen to participate in the program. The barns were built first and the families lived in them until their houses were completed.
Interior of house at Cumberland Homesteads,
Crossville, Tennessee
Interior of house at Cumberland Homesteads,
Crossville, Tennessee
Interior of house at Cumberland Homesteads,
Crossville, Tennessee
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Rock quarry used in the construction of Cumberland
Homesteads, Crossville Tennessee
Sawmill at Crossville Tennessee
Construction at Cumberland Homesteads
Erecting a fence at Cumberland Homesteads,
Crossville Tennessee
Rock quarry used in the construction of Cumberland
Homesteads, Crossville Tennessee
Sawmill, Crossville Tennessee
Construction on a Cumberland Homestead
Elanor Roosevelt addressing group at
Cumberland Homesteads (Taken, according to a
good authority in 1934, not 1935)
Woman Carding at the Cumberland Homesteads
Crossville Tennessee
Woman running a spinning wheel at
Cumberland Homesteads, Crossville Tennessee
by Ben Sahan
Woman weaving at Cumberland Homesteads
Crossville Tennessee
Interior of "little red schoolhouse"
Crossville Tennessee
Not to make too much of it; the LOC has the Eleanor photo wrongly dated; it should say July 6,1934.
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