The effects of flood in the Mississippi river in the southern United States during the Great Depression. Damaged houses and property caused by the flood water. Top soil being washed away by the flood. Huge mounds of dirt moved and misplaced by flood. The damaged houses and shacks, and poor residents. Farmers and workers in the south hand pick cotton from a field. A child in front of a cotton stack in a house. A person on the cotton stack. A young boy sits on the ground in the dirt and plays with cans. Inside view of a kitchen area in a simple rural house. Hand of a woman cutting vegetable. A woman holding an infant child as she works in a kitchen. Members of a family in the kitchen. Group of boys playing on the floor while an older boy brings in wood for the stove fire. Children dine at a table. Group of children getting ready for bed, sleeping in close quarters. A woman helps the children get ready to sleep. View of the Mississippi River.
The effects of flood in the Mississippi river in the United States. Animation shows the various tributaries of the Mississippi river. The reduced fertile soil and plantation over the years due to the flood. The role Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) a federally owned corporation created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation ,flood control,electricity and economic development in the Tennessee valley.
A study of African American artists in sculpture, photography, painting, sketching, etching, writing and on antique in the United States during the "Harlem Renaissance." A view of buildings in New York City. Painter Palmer Hayden paints at the side of a river. A woman comes and watches. A train arrives. Artist Benjamin Spurgeon Kitchin works at the base of the train, earning money during the Great Depression. He opens a flap and works on a machine. A man drives a car. A man cleans a floor with a broom. A woman stitches a cloth. A person works on a typewriter machine. A woman operates a telephone switchboard. Close view of hands on switchboard equipment. A man picks up papers from a table and arranges them. He staples the papers and keeps them on a shelf. View of stapler. A man cleans some articles. A man in free time draws paintings and makes sculptures.
A study of African American artists in sculpture, photography, painting, sketching, etching, writing and on antique in the United States. The legs of a human sculpture. James Richmond Barthe, an American African sculptor, works on the sculpture. He works on another sculpture on a stand. The completed sculpture of a man and a woman in a dancing pose.
A study of African American artists in sculpture, photography, painting, sketching, etching, writing and on antique in the United States. James Latimer Allen, an African American photographer, in a photography studio. He looks into a camera. He develops a photograph. He shows photographs to a woman. Several photographs clicked by him.
A study of African American artists in sculpture, photography, painting, sketching, etching, writing and on antique in the United States. Interiors of a house. Aaron Douglas, an African American painter, paints. A glass of water, colors and other painting accessories kept on a table.