Category Archives: Irwinville Farming
Irwinville Farms Tobacco Barn
Irwinville Farms Barn, Crystal Lake Road, Copyright Brian Brown 2012 I believe this to be an original Irwinville Farms Project tobacco barn. If not, it’s of the same construction. It’s located on Crystal Lake Road.
Filed under Irwinville Farming, Irwinville Places
Farmer at Irwinville Farms, Georgia.
John Vachon, May 1938. Library of Congress.
James McDuffey. Irwinville Farms, Georgia.
Arthur Rothstein, May 1938. Library of Congress. This is the head of the McDuffey family, also pictured here: http://irwinvillega.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/the-macduffey-family-irwinville-farms-georgia/
An Appreciation
While browsing through the American Memory collections of the Library of Congress, I’m most focused on Georgia, of course. I’ve known of the Irwinville photographs since the late 1980s, but I’m surprised it’s taken me 25 years under their influence … Continue reading
“Innoculating a hog for cholera. Irwinville Farms, Georgia.”
John Vachon, May 1938. Library of Congress One of the main initiatives of the Farm Security Administration was the expansion of improved agricultural practices. Inoculation of livestock in rural areas was practically unheard of before the introduction of these programs.
“Chester Foster in his corn field. Irwinville Farms, Georgia.”
John Vachon, May 1939. Library of Congress. I knew Chester Foster when I was boy and I always looked forward to visiting his home on Roanoke Drive in Fitzgerald and buying fresh eggs, usually with my grandmother and great-grandmother.
“Cotton gin near Irwinville, Georgia.”
Arthur Rothstein, September 1935. Library of Congress. The craftsmanship in this old Lummus gin is amazing. South Georgia was still holding onto cotton as its chief crop, but by the late 1930s, agricultural diversity was a fact of life, and … Continue reading
