Title	Skyline Farms: Rock House hardware on door
Creator(s)	West, Carroll Van, photographer
Date	2010-11-11
Coverage	2010-2019
Property name	Skyline Farms
Property type	Farm
Community Name	Jackson County, AL
Description	Color photograph of metal door knob and Yale lock in a solid wood door.
Historical Notes	Skyline Farms was a New Deal project of the Franklin Roosevelt administration that aided many farmers and their families in Alabama during the Great Depression. Located on Cumberland Mountain in northeastern Alabama, it was a resettlement project established to provide jobs and social welfare to unemployed farmers. Subsistence homesteads were a key component of the program along with training programs and development of local industry. The project served over two hundred families at its height in 1936 and ended in less than a decade later. Skyline Farms also became known for its nationally recognized Skyline Farms Band that was formed by Bascom Lunsford for the purpose of community enhancement and for the documentary work done there by artist Ben Shahn.
Collection Name	Southern History Documentary Projects
Subject-LCSH	Wooden doors Locks and keys
Subject-TGM	Doors & doorways
Type	Still image
Genre	Photograph
Extent	Electronic
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Copyright status	Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Conditions for use	Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University

Skyline Farms: Rock House hardware on door

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