Oldham County, Kentucky, 1940
In 1940 the photographer Marion Post Wolcott photographed the farms along the Ohio in Oldham County, Kentucky, for the Farm Security Administration. These are 6 of those negatives, with the captions she wrote for them.
The negatives are federal works. They are in the public domain, they are held by the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, and anyone may reproduce them. Each caption below is hers, transcribed in full — including the parts a video has no room for.
Playing croquet at American Legion fish fry, Oldham County, Post 39, near Louisville, Kentucky
Marion Post Wolcott, Farm Security Administration, 1940. Library of Congress record.
Sacks of wheat just threshed on farm in Oldham County, Kentucky
Marion Post Wolcott, Farm Security Administration, 1940. Library of Congress record.
Orchard grass ready to be threshed. Oldham County, Kentucky
Marion Post Wolcott, Farm Security Administration, 1940. Library of Congress record.
Farm scene. Oldham County, Kentucky
Marion Post Wolcott, Farm Security Administration, 1940. Library of Congress record.
![[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Legionnaires and their wives eating and drinking beer at American Legion fish fry, Oldham County, Post 39, near Louisville, Kentucky]](img/P06.jpg)
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Legionnaires and their wives eating and drinking beer at American Legion fish fry, Oldham County, Post 39, near Louisville, Kentucky]
Marion Post Wolcott, Farm Security Administration, 1940. Library of Congress record.
![[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Threshing wheat on farm in Oldham County, Kentucky]](img/P07.jpg)
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Threshing wheat on farm in Oldham County, Kentucky]
Marion Post Wolcott, Farm Security Administration, 1940. Library of Congress record.