House and Garage at Magnolia Homesteads, Lauderdale County, Mississippi

DateNegative March 1935, printed 1930s

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 8 1/2 × 12 in. (21.6 × 30.5 cm)
Support: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Mat: 16 1/4 × 20 3/8 in. (41.3 × 51.8 cm)

ClassificationsPhotograph

Credit LineGift of William H. Redd and James T. Redd III, in memory of their father, James T. Redd Jr., 2021

Object number2021.3.2

DescriptionAt left, partial view of house with peaked roof and screened-in porch, surrounded by shrubs. In background at right is a garage with its two doors thrown open, one on each side, and a black car parked partially inside, with its back wheels outside. Behind it are tall, leafy trees and above a sky with large, fluffy clouds.
eMuseum Notes

Emuseum Notes

Arthur Rothstein was the first photographer sent into the field to document the project of the Resettlement Administration, a federal New Deal agency created in May 1935 that later became the Farm Security Administration. It’s initial goals were to relocate low-income families to planned communities where they could own a home and grown their own food. Rothstein’s documentary style photo of a homestead in Mississippi appears straightforward but is composed to emphasize the spaciousness, modernity, and rural charm.

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