Primary Sources
Images:
- REA director John Carmody demonstrating the advantages of electrical appliances during a farm equipment tour, circa 1938.
- Farmers sawing down an electrical utility pole during the "Battle of the Postholes," Adams County, PA, January 1941.
- A Pennsylvania teacher shows a light bulb to rural students, circa 1940.
- Demonstration booth for electric cow milking at an REA exhibition, circa 1939.
- The "modern" kitchen in 1936.
- Wash day on a Pennsylvania farm, circa 1890.
- Cooking on a cast iron cook stove, circa 1890.
Student Handouts