Rural Electrification and Running Water New Deal programs brought electricity and running water for the first time to many rural families, like those shown here in east-central Tennessee. The Tennessee Valley Authority and Rural Electrification Administration helped families in this and many other villages replace kerosene lamps with electric lights and to have access to clean, safe water.

Pump: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum/NARA; poster: USDA, National Agricultural Library, Special Collections.