Wheeler Dam, Ala., 1935-40(?)--A laborer at the dam – Historic Print
![Wheeler Dam, Ala., 1935-40(?)--A laborer at the dam, [between 1935 and 1940(?)] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f8/f8d127dd8503-L.webp)
(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 historic photograph of Wheeler Dam, Ala., 1935-40(?)--A laborer at the dam brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Wheeler Dam, Ala., 1935-40(?)--A laborer at the dam
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Wheeler Dam, on the Tennessee River in north Alabama, was one of the large federal projects of the 1930s, built by the Tennessee Valley Authority to control floods and generate electricity. This portrait shows one of the laborers who worked on its construction, identified in the record only as a laborer at the dam, with the subject list noting African American workers in the Alabama project. The picture belongs to the Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information files, a body of documentary photography that recorded working life across the country during the Depression and the years that followed. Photographs like this one give a rare, individual face to the thousands of men who did the physical labor of building the dam.
| Created / published | [between 1935 and 1940(?)] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1930-1940.Photographic prints 1930-1940. |
| Notes | No. K-505. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | African Americans--Employment--Alabama--Wheeler Dam--1930-1940. Laborers--Alabama--Wheeler Dam--1930-1940. Dam construction--Alabama--Wheeler Dam--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,238 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-192811 |
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