Jack Delano: The Remains (Heard County, Georgia)

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This rundown store is all that remains of the once prosperous community of Liberty Hill (sometimes called Housen), Heard County, Georgia: photo by Jack Delano, April 1941

Mrs. M. Wilson watches her husband plowing on their farm in south part of Heard County, Georgia: photo by Jack Delano, April 1941

In a Negro home, Heard County, Georgia: photo by Jack Delano, April 1941

Mr. Max Killie, beside a photo taken of him during World War I, Heard County, Georgia: photo by Jack Delano, April 1941

A dog asleep under an automobile, Franklin, Heard County, Georgia: photo by Jack Delano, April/May 1941

A Franklin merchant talking to the sheriff, Franklin, Heard County, Georgia: photo by Jack Delano, April/May 1941

In town on a Saturday afternoon, Franklin, Heard County, Georgia: photo by Jack Delano, April/May 1941

In town on a Saturday afternoon, Franklin, Heard County, Georgia: photo by Jack Delano, April/May 1941

In town on a Saturday afternoon, Franklin, Heard County, Georgia: photo by Jack Delano, April/May 1941

Franklin, Heard County, Georgia: photo by Jack Delano, April 1941

Plowing in northern Heard County, Georgia: photo by Jack Delano, April 1941

Deserted farmhouse, Franklin, Heard County, Georgia: photo by Jack Delano, May 1941

Erosion south of Franklin, Heard County, Georgia: photo by Jack Delano, April 1941

Erosion in south section of Heard County, Georgia: photo by Jack Delano, April 1941

The remains of what used to be a prosperous general store in the once-thriving community of Liberty Hill, Heard County, Georgia: photo by Jack Delano, April 1941

Photos from Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress