Negro quarter-houses and people, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1936 – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Negro quarter-houses and people, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1936 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Negro quarter-houses and people, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1936
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Vicksburg, a river city on the Mississippi, is the setting for this 1936 view of houses in a district the title calls a "Negro quarter," a phrase that reflects the segregation-era language of its time. The Farm Security Administration sent photographers across the South during the Depression to document housing and living conditions, and pictures like this one were meant to show federal officials and the public how people actually lived. Look at the small, closely spaced dwellings and the people standing among them. The scene records the crowded housing that many Black families in the Jim Crow South were forced to accept.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (19.2 x 24 cm.) |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Farm Security Administration Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | African Americans--Structures--Mississippi--Vicksburg--1930-1940. Dwellings--Mississippi--Vicksburg--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,459 × 1,160 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-215939 |
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