The Great Depression and the New Deal: Transient Division Newsletter from Macon, GeorgiaMain MenuIntroductionThe SourceAbout this SourceAbout this EditionSupplementsBibliographyCredits and AcknowledgementsAbout SourceLabSummer Matthes1ec9b7f11c45f37c71a23d442eecaa9fa19f61c0Rachel Danna Mulick3074e76a8648c28c97c3852efc419c8a4d7d744fJordan Wilkersonfaba746c57ad0b091f1fb8ca6d2a1609b397dcf4
Transient Labor Camp near Grafton, Illinois
12023-08-10T12:14:56+00:00SourceLab Editorial Board3b464ba12826c81c80b3176004793045ce87b79e1751Pictured in black and white are several buildings, all similar in design, and in a clearing surrounded by forest on all sides.plain2023-08-10T12:14:56+00:00Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs DivisionMay 1936Digitization courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs DivisionGovernment Document1932-1939 United States of AmericaCarl Mydans, photographerPublic DomainPhysical ObjectSourceLab Editorial Board3b464ba12826c81c80b3176004793045ce87b79e
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12023-08-10T12:14:56+00:00Photos of Other Transient Camps2plain2023-08-16T19:28:21+00:00This image reveals what a dining hall at a transient camp looked like. Kitchens were often staffed by other camp residents. At Camp Macon men could earn a meal ticket by working at least five hours per day.1
This picture was taken shortly after the liquidation of the Federal Transient Program. Transient camps were often repurposed into labor camps like this one; accordingly, Camp Macon likely resembled the one pictured here.2
Here members of a transient camp chop up old sleds for firewood. Men often performed manual labor like this around the camp to keep it running.3
Footnotes
Russell Lee, Men in transient camp near Hagerman Lake, Michigan, April 1937, photograph, Library of Congress, Washington D.C., https://www.loc.gov/item/2017763932/↵
Carl Mydans. Transient labor camp. Pere Marquette recreational demonstration project near Grafton, Illinois,May 1936, photograph, Library of Congress, Washington D.C., https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8b28668/.↵
Russell Lee, Members of the transient camp saw up old sleds for firewood. Near Hagerman Lake, Michigan, April 1937, photograph, Library of Congress, Washington D.C., https://www.loc.gov/item/2017763924/.↵
