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Items Accepted applicant for resettlement on the Hightstown project. Jewish-American. This man is already employed on the project as carpenter, working on the nearly completed first unit of thirty-five houses. He says, "Will we succeed? Any people who will go through what we did--any people with such patience--will succeed"

Accepted applicant for resettlement on the Hightstown project. Jewish-American. This man is already employed on the project as carpenter, working on the nearly completed first unit of thirty-five houses. He says, "Will we succeed? Any people who will go through what we did--any people with such patience--will succeed"

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

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Farm Security Administration Photographs

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Lange, Dorothea

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Accepted applicant for resettlement on the Hightstown project. Jewish-American. This man is already employed on the project as carpenter, working on the nearly completed first unit of thirty-five houses. He says, "Will we succeed? Any people who will go through what we did--any people with such patience--will succeed"
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lange, Dorothea (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lange, Dorothea

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1936-06
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 009176-E
Topics
New Jersey -- Hightstown
New Jersey -- Mercer Count
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Date and title from Library of Congress record for photographs of this subject, and from FSA caption sheet. Not in LC.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Picture Collection stamps, and manuscript Resettlement Administration and other number on verso. Photo Source stamp on recto.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 22136
TMS Object Number: 009176-E
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 26db0d10-c5da-012f-08ff-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1936: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Accepted applicant for resettlement on the Hightstown project. Jewish-American. This man is already employed on the project as carpenter, working on the nearly completed first unit of thirty-five houses. He says, "Will we succeed? Any people who will go through what we did--any people with such patience--will succeed"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1936-06. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba309cea-9634-4288-e040-e00a18066c61

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Accepted applicant for resettlement on the Hightstown project. Jewish-American. This man is already employed on the project as carpenter, working on the nearly completed first unit of thirty-five houses. He says, "Will we succeed? Any people who will go through what we did--any people with such patience--will succeed"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 2, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba309cea-9634-4288-e040-e00a18066c61

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1936-06). Accepted applicant for resettlement on the Hightstown project. Jewish-American. This man is already employed on the project as carpenter, working on the nearly completed first unit of thirty-five houses. He says, "Will we succeed? Any people who will go through what we did--any people with such patience--will succeed" Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba309cea-9634-4288-e040-e00a18066c61

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Accepted applicant for resettlement on the Hightstown project. Jewish-American. This man is already employed on the project as carpenter, working on the nearly completed first unit of thirty-five houses. He says, "Will we succeed? Any people who will go through what we did--any people with such patience--will succeed"