October 14, 2026
Tag: migrant labor
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A Card Without a Caption
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A picture without a story? No Sir! A Postcard Without a Caption A friend who knows I collect postcards showing people at work gave me this card and asked, “What’s happening, here!” I thanked my friend and sent out on a search to find what was happening in this picture. The card is a white…
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November 14, 2021 6 Comments
As industrialization took hold in the last half of the nineteenth century, factory owners needed new houses for the workers. Pullman, Illinois planted the seed, but when the Great Depression hit and Franklin Roosevelt became President, Greenbelt, Maryland brought the ideal of large-scale housing and social planning development to fruition. Greenbelt was derided as “social engineering” but it proved that well-planned new towns could be built and thrive.