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Mrs. Sophie Rudd, a widow who lives by herself on forty acres of land near Black River Falls, Wisconsin

Mrs. Sophie Rudd, a widow who lives by herself on forty acres of land ...

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This farm of twelve acres operated as a prune ranch. Was a financial failure. Under farm plan devised by Farm Security Administration rehabilitation supervisor and a loan of one thousand dollars, it now provides steady income for the owners. Tulare County, California

This farm of twelve acres operated as a prune ranch. Was a financial f...

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Rehabilitated small farmer in field of milo maize, Tulare County, California. This family has been granted an Farm Security Administration loan of thirteen hundred dollars after struggling for eleven years on sixteen acres of poor land

Rehabilitated small farmer in field of milo maize, Tulare County, Cali...

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Ten families have been established by the Farm Security Administration (FSA) on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, an old ranch of 500 acres, which they will operate as a farm unit, raising cotton, alfalfa, and dairy products for cash crops. Tulare County, California

Ten families have been established by the Farm Security Administration...

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Onions in sacks are drying. Those on ground are culls. 1000 acres of onions are grown, 700 to 800 cars are shipped annually from Malheur County, Oregon

Onions in sacks are drying. Those on ground are culls. 1000 acres of o...

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Washington, Yakima Valley. Drought refugee, aged sixty three, from Bismark, North Dakota. "Come to Washington three years ago in that Chevy coupe you see over there and twenty-five dollars cash. Had 480 acres back there. I dried out after thirty years, lost it, and walked out." With help of Work Projects Administration (WPA) and supplementary work on ranches is buying three quaters of an acre in shacktown near Yakima, has it nearly paid for, has good garden. "On my own place I can't starve."

Washington, Yakima Valley. Drought refugee, aged sixty three, from Bis...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Father and son have cleared thirty acres of raw stump land in three years. Boundary County, Idaho. See general caption 52

Father and son have cleared thirty acres of raw stump land in three ye...

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Walter Gaylord adjusting cover on bucket that catches the sap from sugar maple tree from which is made maple syrup. Mad River Valley, Waitsfield, Vermont. He averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually, this year tapped only 600 out of his 1000 trees because of unusually deep snow and late spring. He owns several farms; in this particular farm unit there are eighty acres. It has been in family three generations. Has about thirty-five to forty head of cattle; raises poultry and potatoes

Walter Gaylord adjusting cover on bucket that catches the sap from sug...

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A black and white photo of a man carrying a bucket, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A black and white photo of a man carrying a bucket, Vermont. Farm Secu...

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Two men in the snow with skis and a barrel, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

Two men in the snow with skis and a barrel, Vermont. Farm Security Adm...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sharecrop farm, Gaffney, South Carolina. In 1936 he raised seven bales on thirteen acres, half of which went to his landlord

Sharecrop farm, Gaffney, South Carolina. In 1936 he raised seven bales...

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Agricultural laborer who lives at "Eighty Acres," Glassboro, New Jersey

Agricultural laborer who lives at "Eighty Acres," Glassboro, New Jerse...

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A black and white photo of a man standing in a field, New Jersey. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing in a field, New Jersey. Farm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a woman picking cotton, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a woman picking cotton, North Carolina. Far...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s great depression, dust bowl era, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Approaching Kytta farm, shows house in background and part of field newly cleared by bulldozer. To date, they have cleared eight acres. Western Washington, Thurston County, Michigan Hill. See general caption number 35

Approaching Kytta farm, shows house in background and part of field ne...

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Zollie Lyons, Negro sharecropper, home from the field for dinner at noontime, and part of his family. Upchurch, North Carolina. He has thirteen acres of tobacco and a labor force of five

Zollie Lyons, Negro sharecropper, home from the field for dinner at no...

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A black and white photo of a man sitting on a horse drawn sleigh, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a horse drawn sleigh, Verm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hired man and Frank H. Shurtleff shovelling out sled with vat for gathering maple sap for making maple syrup. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres, and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840. He raises sheep, cows, cuts lumber and has been syrup for about thirty-five years. Sugaring brings in about one thousand dollars annually. Because of the deep snow this year he only tapped 1000 of his 2000 trees. He expects to make about 300 to 500 gallons this year. North Bridgewater, Vermont

Hired man and Frank H. Shurtleff shovelling out sled with vat for gath...

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Cultivators on Seabrook Farms, between Bridgeton, and Vineland, New Jersey. This farm with several thousand acres of its' own and more thousands under contract, grows such truck crops as beans and peas almost entirely by mechanical means for its own large cannery for rapid freezing and lots for the market of Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington

Cultivators on Seabrook Farms, between Bridgeton, and Vineland, New Je...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tractor, farming equipment, agriculture, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A man and a woman standing in front of a house, Iowa. Farm Security Administration photograph

A man and a woman standing in front of a house, Iowa. Farm Security Ad...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a family posing for a picture, Iowa. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a family posing for a picture, Iowa. Farm S...

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George Finkle and wife in their home near Marseilles, Illinois. Finkle once owned two hundred forty acres of good farmland which he lost to an insurance company

George Finkle and wife in their home near Marseilles, Illinois. Finkle...

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Mrs. Sophie Rudd, a widow who lives by herself on forty acres of land near Black River Falls, Wisconsin

Mrs. Sophie Rudd, a widow who lives by herself on forty acres of land ...

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Farm laborer's wife hanging washing, "Eighty Acres," Glassboro, New Jersey

Farm laborer's wife hanging washing, "Eighty Acres," Glassboro, New Je...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A person riding a horse down a dirt road, New Jersey. Farm Security Administration photograph

A person riding a horse down a dirt road, New Jersey. Farm Security Ad...

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A portable cane mill (the owner gets every sixth gallon for making the sorghum syrup). This is on the property of a Negro owner, Wes Chris, a tobacco farm of about 165 acres in a prosperous Negro settlement near Carr, Orange County, North Carolina. See general caption notes on subregion, September 28, 1939

A portable cane mill (the owner gets every sixth gallon for making the...

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Father of sharecropper family. He is sixty-nine years old, has six acres of tobacco, has a large family. Heard in conversation on his porch, "Land is like folks. It gets tired and needs a rest." Person County, North Carolina

Father of sharecropper family. He is sixty-nine years old, has six acr...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tobacco farmer, owner of 100 acres. Person County, North Carolina

Tobacco farmer, owner of 100 acres. Person County, North Carolina

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A man sitting in a chair next to a horse, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A man sitting in a chair next to a horse, North Carolina. Farm Securit...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Son of Walter Gaylord pouring sap into container. The sap from sugar maple trees is boiled down into maple syrup. Mad River Valley, Waitsfield, Vermont. He averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually, this year tapped only 600 out of his 1000 trees because of unusually deep snow and late spring. He owns several farms; in this particular farm unit there are eighty acres. It has been in family for three generations. Has about thity-five or forty head of cattle, raises poultry and potatoes

Son of Walter Gaylord pouring sap into container. The sap from sugar m...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Vermont, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a train in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A black and white photo of a train in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security...

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The home on the Levi Mills farm near Spencer, Iowa. Before this farm was rented to Mills this year it was owner-operated. Farm is eighty acres. The owner built up this farm by diversified farming, especially with hogs. Tenant rents on crop share lease

The home on the Levi Mills farm near Spencer, Iowa. Before this farm w...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Detail of corn crib on Lyle Askedland farm, six hundred forty acres, near Armstrong, Iowa. This building has received little or no attention in twenty years. This farm until recently was owned by absentee estate. Is now owned by loan company

Detail of corn crib on Lyle Askedland farm, six hundred forty acres, n...

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Part of Alfred Atkinson family who rent eighty acres of land from an estate near Shannon City, Iowa

Part of Alfred Atkinson family who rent eighty acres of land from an e...

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A black and white photo of a plane flying over a body of water. War Production FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a plane flying over a body of water. War Pr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, flight, airplane, aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Visalia (vicinity), Tulare County, California. The Farm Security Administration. Miners's cooperative farm. Ten families have been established on the old ranch of 500 acres, which they operate as a farm unit, raising cotton alfalfa and dairy products for cash crops

Visalia (vicinity), Tulare County, California. The Farm Security Admin...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farm laborer's house, "Eighty Acres," Glassboro, New Jersey

Farm laborer's house, "Eighty Acres," Glassboro, New Jersey

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Ten families have been established by the Farm Security Administration (FSA) on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, an old ranch of 500 acres, which they will operate as a farm unit, raising cotton, alfalfa, and dairy products for cash crops. Tulare County, California

Ten families have been established by the Farm Security Administration...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Near Hartsville, South Carolina, sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, preparatory to curing. Note sled by which tobacco is brought to the barn from the field. This sharecropper family has six acres in tobacco, their main cash crop. They will sell this year's crop for about nine hundred dollars, of which they receive one-half

Near Hartsville, South Carolina, sorting and stringing the "golden lea...

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Near Hartsville, South Carolina, sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, preparatory to curing. Note sled by which tobacco is brought to the barn from the field. This sharecropper family has six acres in tobacco, their main cash crop. They will sell this year's crop for about nine hundred dollars, of which they receive one-half

Near Hartsville, South Carolina, sorting and stringing the "golden lea...

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Washington, Yakima Valley. Drought refugee, aged sixty three, from Bismark, North Dakota. "Came to Washington three years ago in that Chevy coupe you see over there and twenty-five dollars cash. Had 480 acres back there. I dried out after thirty years, lost it, and walked out." With help of Work Projects Administration (WPA) and supplementary work on ranches is buying three quarters of an acre in shacktown near Yakima, has it nearly paid for, has good garden. "On my own place I can't starve."

Washington, Yakima Valley. Drought refugee, aged sixty three, from Bis...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, Yakima County, Roza Irrigation Canal. Sides concrete, lined by machine. The project, when complete in 1945, will open 72,000 acres to cultivation in East Yakima and West Benton Counties

Washington, Yakima County, Roza Irrigation Canal. Sides concrete, line...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a cow eating grass, Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a cow eating grass, Virginia. Farm Security...

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man picking cotton. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

A black and white photo of a man picking cotton. Great Depression FSA ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hired man of Frank H. Shurtleff gathering sap from sugar trees for making maple syrup. Sugaring is a social event and is enjoyed by all the young people and children in the neighborhood. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840. He raises sheep, cows, cuts lumber and has been making maple syrup for about thirty-five years. Sugaring brings in about one thousand dollars annually. Because of the deep snow this year he only tapped 1000 of his 2000 trees. He expects to make about 300 to 500 gallons this year. North Bridgewater, Vermont

Hired man of Frank H. Shurtleff gathering sap from sugar trees for mak...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Part of Alfred Atkinson family, a tenant farmer of eighty acres near Shannon City, Ringgold County, Iowa

Part of Alfred Atkinson family, a tenant farmer of eighty acres near S...

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Trailer house owned by Clifford Blum. They lived in this for one year while he was farming eighty acres without buildings

Trailer house owned by Clifford Blum. They lived in this for one year ...

Daughters of Daisy Heath, near Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Mrs. Heath lives alone on two acres of land

Daughters of Daisy Heath, near Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Mrs. Heat...

Picryl description: Public domain image of 1930s woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a person on a surfboard. War Production FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a person on a surfboard. War Production FSA...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat, New Jersey. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat, New Jersey. Farm S...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of an old house, New Jersey. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of an old house, New Jersey. Farm Security Adm...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Hog killing on Milton Puryeur place. He is a Negro owner of five acres of land. Rural Route No. 1, Box 59, Dennison, Halifax County, Virginia. This is six miles south (on Highway No. 501) of South Boston. He used to grow tobacco and cotton but now just a subsistence living. These hogs belong to a neighbor landowner. He burns old shoes and pieces of leather near the heads of the slaughtered hogs while they are hanging to keep the flies away

Hog killing on Milton Puryeur place. He is a Negro owner of five acres...

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Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of two men and a horse.

Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of t...

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A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat, Arizona. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat, Arizona. Farm Security...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hired man and neighbor of Framk H. Shurtleff resting and chatting while gathering sap from sugar trees for making maple syrup. Sugaring is a social event and is enjoyed by all the young people and children in the neighborhood. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840. He raises sheep, cows, cuts lumber, and has been making maple syrup for about thirty-fiv years. Sugaring brings in about one thousand dollars annually. Because of the deep snow this year he only tapped 1000 of his 2000 trees. He expects to make about 300 to 500 gallons this year. Bridgewater, Vermont

Hired man and neighbor of Framk H. Shurtleff resting and chatting whil...

Photo shows Julia Flether, center, and Frederick Hurd, right, as identified by Irving Thomas Shurtleff, 2006.

A black and white photo of a man tapping a tree, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A black and white photo of a man tapping a tree, Vermont. Farm Securit...

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A man in a hat is cutting a tree, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A man in a hat is cutting a tree, Vermont. Farm Security Administratio...

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Two horses pulling a sleigh in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

Two horses pulling a sleigh in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security Admini...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of two people on skis, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A black and white photo of two people on skis, Vermont. Farm Security ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Men of Walter Gaylord place connecting pipe line from the vat through which will run the sap from sugar maple trees. The line leadds to the sugar house where sap is boiled down into maple syrup. Mad River Valley, Waitsfield, Vermont. Gaylord averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually but this year tapped only 600 out of his 1000 trees, because of unusually deep snow and late spring. He owns several farms; in this particular farm unit there are eighty acres. It has been in family three generations. Has about thirty-five or forty head of cattle, raises poultry and potatoes

Men of Walter Gaylord place connecting pipe line from the vat through ...

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Young son of Frank H. Shurtleff gathering sap from sugar trees for making maple syrup. Sugaring is a social event and is enjoyed by all the young people and children in the neighborhood. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840. He raises sheep, cows, cuts timber and has been making maple syrup for the last thirty-five years. Sugaring brings in about one thousand dollars annually. Because of the deep snow this year he only tapped 1000 of his 2000 trees. He expects to make about 300 to 500 gallons this year. North Bridgewater, Vermont

Young son of Frank H. Shurtleff gathering sap from sugar trees for mak...

Photo shows Irving Thomas Shurtleff, age 10, gathering sap from sugar trees, as identified by daughter Brenda Shurtleff, 2006.

Frank H. Shurtleff drilling the hole for the spout while tapping sugar maple tree for gathering sap to make syrup. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840. He raises sheep, cows, cuts lumber and has been making maple syrup for about thirty-five years. Sugaring brings about one thousand dollars annually. Because of the deep snow this year he only tapped 1000 of his 2000 trees. He expects to make about 300 to 500 gallons this year. North Bridgewater, Vermont

Frank H. Shurtleff drilling the hole for the spout while tapping sugar...

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Two-room home of Clifford Blum farm, one hundred thirty acres. Rents farm from active farmer. Crop share lease, half corn, two-fifths small grains. Owner intends to add on to house next year. Buildings are kept up. Near Terril, Iowa

Two-room home of Clifford Blum farm, one hundred thirty acres. Rents f...

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Breaking ice to water mules on on Rex Inman's farm near Estherville, Iowa. This farm of 360 acres is rented from company by tenant

Breaking ice to water mules on on Rex Inman's farm near Estherville, I...

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Hightstown, New Jersey. Factory and field, both to be run on cooperative basis by resettled families at Hightstown. The men are working in the potato field, one of the crops on the farm of four hundred and fourteen acres. Here they raised the second best crop in the three leading potato counties according to the New Jersey State Agricultural College

Hightstown, New Jersey. Factory and field, both to be run on cooperati...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hog house on Roy Merriott farm near Estherville, Iowa, one hundred sixty acres. Until recently this farm was owned by a loan company. It is now sold to a private owner. This is the third farm Merriot has had sold from under him in the last ten years. He is holding a "quitting farming" sale, as he does not have a farm for next year

Hog house on Roy Merriott farm near Estherville, Iowa, one hundred six...

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Barn and silo on H.H. Tripp farm near Dickens, Iowa. Two hundred acres. Rents from mother on crop share lease. These are very good buildings and in good repair

Barn and silo on H.H. Tripp farm near Dickens, Iowa. Two hundred acres...

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House for the married hired hand on the Harry Madsen farm. Three hundred sixty acres, near Dickens, Iowa. Operated by Mr. Madsen who is a very progressive owner

House for the married hired hand on the Harry Madsen farm. Three hundr...

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William Wallace, wife and child, resettled on 100 acres of good farmland. Near Pulaski, New York, Oswego County

William Wallace, wife and child, resettled on 100 acres of good farmla...

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Dusting plane hedge-hopping after spraying swath on beanfield. These planes can spray 100 acres an hour, can usually fly one or two hours unless it rains or storms in an average day. The usual traveling "dusting circus" has at least three or four planes, its own pilots, mechanics and elementary repair shop. Seabrook Farms, between Bridgeton and Vineland, New Jersey

Dusting plane hedge-hopping after spraying swath on beanfield. These p...

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Home of rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California. They bought twenty acres of raw unimproved land with a first payment of fifty dollars which was money saved out of relief budget (August 1936). They received a Farm Security Administration (FSA) loan of seven hundred dollars for stock and equipment. Now they have a one-room shack, seven cows, three sows, and homemade pumping plant, along with ten acres of improved permanent pasture. Cream check approximately thirty dollars per month. Husband also works about ten days a month outside the farm. Husband is twenty-six years old, wife twenty-two, three small children. Been in California five years. "Piece by piece this place gets put together. One more piece of pipe and our water tank will be finished."

Home of rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California. They b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farm laborer's wife and children, "Eighty Acres," Glassboro, New Jersey

Farm laborer's wife and children, "Eighty Acres," Glassboro, New Jerse...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Day laborer pumping up tire on tractor on large farm near Ralls, Texas. Nine tractors were used on this farm of four thousand nine hundred acres

Day laborer pumping up tire on tractor on large farm near Ralls, Texas...

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A new house. Lumber from Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Farm has sixty acres in tillable land, 100 acres in pasture. Gem County, Idaho. See general caption 48

A new house. Lumber from Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Farm has sixty a...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man carrying a bucket, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A black and white photo of a man carrying a bucket, Vermont. Farm Secu...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A couple of men standing next to a pile of snow, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A couple of men standing next to a pile of snow, Vermont. Farm Securit...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hired man on Frank H. Shurtleff farm gathering sap from sugar trees for making maple syrup. Sugaring is a social event and is enjoyed by all the young people in the neighborhood. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres, and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840. He raises sheep, cuts lumber and has been making maple syrup for about thirty-five years. Sugaring brings in about one thousand dollars annually. Because of the deep snow this year he tapped only 100 of his 2000 trees. He expects to make about 300 to 500 gallons this year. North Bridgewater, Vermont

Hired man on Frank H. Shurtleff farm gathering sap from sugar trees fo...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Vermont, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The hired man on Frank H. Shurtleff farm gathering maple sap from sugar maple trees to make syrup. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840. He raises sheep, cows, cuts lumber and has been making maple syrup for about thirty-five years. Sugaring brings in about one thousand dollars annually. Because of the deep snow this year he only tapped 1000 of his 2000 trees. He expects to make about 300 to 500 gallons this year. North Bridgewater, Vermont

The hired man on Frank H. Shurtleff farm gathering maple sap from suga...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Vermont, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of men standing next to each other in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A couple of men standing next to each other in the snow, Vermont. Farm...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a family standing on a porch, Iowa. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a family standing on a porch, Iowa. Farm Se...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of a tractor plowing a field. Great Depression

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of a tractor plowing a field. Gr...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicken house and cattle barn, made of straw and wire, on William Helmke farm near Dickens, Iowa. The ninety acres and the crop share lease owned by a lawyer. All the buildings are of his own construction

Chicken house and cattle barn, made of straw and wire, on William Helm...

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Marcus Miller and family in shack that he built himself. Spencer, Iowa. This is half the house. Miller is a hired hand who has managed to save enough to make a part payment on seven and a half acres of land. However, he is most anxious to get steady work or to operate a farm

Marcus Miller and family in shack that he built himself. Spencer, Iowa...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Oscar Gaither and two of her five children in their farmhouse near McLeansboro, Illinois. Gaither is a tenant farmer of eighty acres

Mrs. Oscar Gaither and two of her five children in their farmhouse nea...

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Ten families have been established by the Farm Security Administration (FSA) on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, an old ranch of 500 acres, which they will operate as a farm unit, raising cotton, alfalfa, and dairy products for cash crops. Tulare County, California

Ten families have been established by the Farm Security Administration...

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Dusting plane hedge-hopping after spraying swath on beanfield. These planes can spray 100 acres an hour, can usually fly one or two hours unless it rains or storms in an average day. The ususal traveling "dusting circus" has at least three or four planes, its own pilots, mechanics and elementary repair shop. Seabrook Farms, between Bridgeton and Vineland, New Jersey

Dusting plane hedge-hopping after spraying swath on beanfield. These p...

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A black and white photo of a bunch of meat hanging from a tree, Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a bunch of meat hanging from a tree, Virgin...

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Washington, Yakima Valley, near Wapato. Name of Borrower, Edgar Hardt. On Tenant Purchase farm. Forty acres, price six thousand fifty dollars, all stock and machinery included. Diversified irrigated farm, raising grapes, tomatoes, cantaloupes and watermelons, sweet and field corn, hay and grain. They have six cows, hogs

Washington, Yakima Valley, near Wapato. Name of Borrower, Edgar Hardt....

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Frank H. Shurtleff hanging the bucket on the spout while tapping sugar maple tree for gathering sap to make syrup. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840. He raises sheep, cows, cuts lumber and has been making maple syrup for about thirty-five years. Sugaring brings about one thousand dollars annually. Because of the deep snow this year he only tapped 1000 of his 2000 trees. He expects to make about 300 to 500 gallons this year. North Bridgewater, Vermont

Frank H. Shurtleff hanging the bucket on the spout while tapping sugar...

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A black and white photo of a group of people on a sled, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A black and white photo of a group of people on a sled, Vermont. Farm ...

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A man standing next to a tree in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A man standing next to a tree in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security Admi...

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A black and white photo of two people and a horse, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A black and white photo of two people and a horse, Vermont. Farm Secur...

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A black and white photo of a person in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A black and white photo of a person in the snow, Vermont. Farm Securit...

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Food in Britain. At an Royal Air Force station in southern England which runs its own farm, a corporal feeds the farm's smallest pig while the commander looks on. The farm practically feeds the whole station, little being bought outside. A corporal and five men look after eight cows and litters, hundreds of chickens, geese, ducks and turkeys and eighteen acres of potatoes

Food in Britain. At an Royal Air Force station in southern England whi...

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Daniel Sampson, farmer of 125 acres of submarginal land. Jefferson County, New York

Daniel Sampson, farmer of 125 acres of submarginal land. Jefferson Cou...

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Leveling the land for irrigation on the Bosque Farms project. The tract of two thousand four hundred acres to be cultivated under irrigation. New Mexico

Leveling the land for irrigation on the Bosque Farms project. The trac...

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Hog house erected by tenant Al Richards on farm owned by absentee owner. Three hundred twelve acres near Wallingford, Iowa. Buildings on farm were insufficient for hog raising so he built this himself

Hog house erected by tenant Al Richards on farm owned by absentee owne...

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Farmyard and buildings on Bert Aldrich farm, near Dickens, Iowa. This farm, 300 acres, owned by Colorado landlord, has been kept in good shape

Farmyard and buildings on Bert Aldrich farm, near Dickens, Iowa. This ...

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A man and a woman standing in front of a building, Iowa. Farm Security Administration photograph

A man and a woman standing in front of a building, Iowa. Farm Security...

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Home of rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California. They bought twenty acres of raw unimproved land with a first payment of fifty dollars which was money saved out of relief budget (August 1936). They received a Farm Security Administration (FSA) loan of seven hundred dollars for stock and equipment. Now they have a one-room shack, seven cows, three sows, and homemade pumping plant, along with ten acres of improved permanent pasture. Cream check approximately thirty dollars per month. Husband also works about ten days a month outside the farm. Husband is twenty-six years old, wife twenty-two, three small children. Been in California five years. "Piece by piece this place gets put together. One more piece of pipe and our water tank will be finished."

Home of rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California. They b...

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