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This one-room hut built of rough lumber over the chassis of an abandoned Ford truck was the housing provided by a landlord for an illiterate wood-cutter, with a wife and seven children. Found on U.S. Route 70 between Camden and Bruceton, Tennessee, near Tennessee River.  Family of nine lived and slept in this shack

This one-room hut built of rough lumber over the chassis of an abandon...

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Squatter's shack and garden. Yakima, Washington

Squatter's shack and garden. Yakima, Washington

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Three-room shack, the residence of L.H. Nissen, hired man for a tenant farmer. Farm is owned by a loan company. Ten people live in the shack: mother, father, seven children, and one grandchild. Iowa

Three-room shack, the residence of L.H. Nissen, hired man for a tenant...

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Shack occupied by parents of Lon Allen. Iron River, Michigan

Shack occupied by parents of Lon Allen. Iron River, Michigan

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Family and brother-in-law living in tarpaper shack in abandoned lumbercamp. Gemmel, Minnesota

Family and brother-in-law living in tarpaper shack in abandoned lumber...

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Interior of shack occupied by Mexican beet workers. Near East Grand Forks, Minnesota

Interior of shack occupied by Mexican beet workers. Near East Grand Fo...

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End of shack occupied by single man. McKenzie County, North Dakota, near the Missouri River

End of shack occupied by single man. McKenzie County, North Dakota, ne...

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Southeast Missouri Farms. Wife of sharecropper cutting piece of fatback from slab in kitchen of shack home

Southeast Missouri Farms. Wife of sharecropper cutting piece of fatbac...

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Resident of "Tin Town" sitting in front of his shack home, Caruthersville, Missouri

Resident of "Tin Town" sitting in front of his shack home, Caruthersvi...

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Shack on the other side of the railroad tracts, looking toward the levee. Tin Town, Caruthersville, Missouri

Shack on the other side of the railroad tracts, looking toward the lev...

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Southeast Missouri Farms. Girl making a hooked rug in bedroom of shack home. La Forge, Missouri

Southeast Missouri Farms. Girl making a hooked rug in bedroom of shack...

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Unemployed workers in front of a shack with Christmas tree, East 12th Street, New York City

Unemployed workers in front of a shack with Christmas tree, East 12th ...

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

Bachelor resident of Tin Town, Caruthersville, Missouri, in his shack home

Bachelor resident of Tin Town, Caruthersville, Missouri, in his shack ...

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A black and white photo of two children on a balcony, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of two children on a balcony, West Virginia. F...

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Group of men in a shack on the levee near Norco, Louisiana. They were taking refuge from the rain

Group of men in a shack on the levee near Norco, Louisiana. They were ...

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Southeast Missouri Farms. Sharecropper family with pet bird in shack home. La Forge project, Missouri

Southeast Missouri Farms. Sharecropper family with pet bird in shack h...

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Migrant vegetable pickers and packinghouse workers living quarters. This shack rents for eight dollars a month: no water, light, or sanitary facilities.  Eleven people sleep in it. Near Canal Point, Florida

Migrant vegetable pickers and packinghouse workers living quarters. Th...

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Migrant boys pumping water at their shack home near Muskogee. Muskogee County, Oklahoma

Migrant boys pumping water at their shack home near Muskogee. Muskogee...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old deserted shack, tenant house, in grain field. Greene County, Georgia

Old deserted shack, tenant house, in grain field. Greene County, Georg...

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Wife of day laborer in kitchen corner of one-room shack near Warner, Oklahoma. Muskogee County

Wife of day laborer in kitchen corner of one-room shack near Warner, O...

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Shack built of tin, lived in by ten construction workers from Texas now working on Camp Livingston job near Alexandria, Louisiana

Shack built of tin, lived in by ten construction workers from Texas no...

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A white family lived in this shack near the Mississippi levee at Lake Providence, Louisiana

A white family lived in this shack near the Mississippi levee at Lake ...

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A black and white photo of two women standing next to a car, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of two women standing next to a car, West Virg...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Truckers from Fort Bragg having supper in their shack near Manchester, North Carolina

Truckers from Fort Bragg having supper in their shack near Manchester,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New England lobster shack - Drawing. Public domain image.

New England lobster shack - Drawing. Public domain image.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

[Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this one room. Room is 10 ft. x 11 ft. x 5 1/2 ft. high and gable attic above. Wooden toilets near at hand and bushes used as such, gave forth offensive odors. Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. E.F. Brown Witness. See family picking cranberries in photo #1151.]  Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.

[Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the...

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Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this room. Room is 10 ft. x 11ft. X 5 1/2 ft. high and gable attic above. (See family picking cranberries in photo #1151.) Wooden toilets near at hand, and bushes used as such, gave forth very offensive odors. Turkeytown near [Pemberton].  Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.

Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the ...

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A case of "Economic Need." Jacob Roomel [i.e., Rommel?] and his family live in this roomy shack, well-furnished, with a good range, organ, etc. They own a good home in Ft. Collins, but late in April they moved out here, taking contract for nearly 40 acres of beets, working their 9 and 10 yr. old girls hard at piling and topping (altho[ugh] they are not rugged) and they will not return until November. The little girl said, "Piling is hardest, it gets your back. I have cut myself some, topping." The older girl said, "Don't you call us Russians, we're Germans," (although they were most of them were born in Russia). Family been in this country eleven yrs. (See photo 4041.)  Location: Ft. Collins [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 30/15.

A case of "Economic Need." Jacob Roomel [i.e., Rommel?] and his family...

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[Group of men standing beside a shack; tall buildings in the background]

[Group of men standing beside a shack; tall buildings in the backgroun...

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Dunbar School, a shack belonging to the City Schools of Lawton and in the city limits. Has been in use a good many years - some say since the country opened up, 16 years ago. The Country Superintendent of Schools said she wouldn't own it for a country school. Has 9 months term. Had 32 enrolled in October. Teacher said 10 pupils out for picking cotton and will lose a few weeks each.  Location: Lawton, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Dunbar School, a shack belonging to the City Schools of Lawton and in ...

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A group of people standing outside of a shack. Great Depression and World War Two FSA/OWI Photograph

A group of people standing outside of a shack. Great Depression and Wo...

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

Miner's shack. Ottawa County, Oklahoma

Miner's shack. Ottawa County, Oklahoma

Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Three-room shack, the residence of L.H. Nissen, hired man for a tenant farmer. Farm is owned by a loan company. Ten people live in the shack: mother, father, seven children, and one grandchild. Iowa

Three-room shack, the residence of L.H. Nissen, hired man for a tenant...

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

Mrs. Charles Benning and baby in their shack home at Shantytown, Spencer, Iowa

Mrs. Charles Benning and baby in their shack home at Shantytown, Spenc...

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

Mother and child in another bedroom of the Nissen shack near Dickens, Iowa

Mother and child in another bedroom of the Nissen shack near Dickens, ...

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wheelhouse of an abandoned ship near the city dump used as an occupied shack

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wheelhouse of an abandoned ship near the c...

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Southeast Missouri Farms. Top of table with pails and butter dasher in sharecropper shack

Southeast Missouri Farms. Top of table with pails and butter dasher in...

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

Agricultural worker in one-room shack. Burlington County, New Jersey

Agricultural worker in one-room shack. Burlington County, New Jersey

Public domain photograph of New Jersey in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shack of Negro family farmers living near Jarreau, Louisiana

Shack of Negro family farmers living near Jarreau, Louisiana

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of people sitting around a stove. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

A group of people sitting around a stove. Great Depression FSA photogp...

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

Interior of workers shack. Porta de Tierra, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Interior of workers shack. Porta de Tierra, San Juan, Puerto Rico

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The relief truck brings food supplies to abandoned mining town, Jere, West Virginia. The shack on right is used as community house for prayer and church meetings, union and water company meetings, etc. Is represented by many people whose homes are so much worse than this

The relief truck brings food supplies to abandoned mining town, Jere, ...

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Boy in corner of shack home near Mays Avenue. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Boy in corner of shack home near Mays Avenue. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Children of agricultural day laborer who was picking up potatoes. The father, an oil field worker, had deserted the family. The shack was near Vian, Oklahoma

Children of agricultural day laborer who was picking up potatoes. The ...

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Shack of agricultural day laborer living near Warner, Oklahoma. Muskogee County

Shack of agricultural day laborer living near Warner, Oklahoma. Muskog...

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A black and white photo of a shack, Iowa. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a shack, Iowa. Farm Security Administration...

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Woman who lives in shack town along Mississippi River bottoms. Dubuque, Iowa

Woman who lives in shack town along Mississippi River bottoms. Dubuque...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Resident of shack town on outskirts of Dubuque, Iowa

Resident of shack town on outskirts of Dubuque, Iowa

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Agricultural day laborer's shack, Canal Point, Florida. This is one of the condemned houses in the area

Agricultural day laborer's shack, Canal Point, Florida. This is one of...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Portuguese dory fisherman gossiping in front of their fishing shack, where they store their gear

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Portuguese dory fisherman gossiping in fr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Portuguese dory fisherman gossiping in front of their fishing shack, where they store their gear

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Portuguese dory fisherman gossiping in fr...

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

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Tool shack at the head of the ways

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Tool shack at the ...

Public domain photograph of Maryland in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carol M. Highsmith - Okie camp shack, Weedpatch, California

Carol M. Highsmith - Okie camp shack, Weedpatch, California

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Angels Camp, California's most famous Gold Rush town

Angels Camp, California's most famous Gold Rush town

The town was the setting for Mark Twain's 1865 short story,"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection ... More

The Shack studio and gallery in Locke, an unincorporated community in the Sacramento/San Joaqin River Delta in California

The Shack studio and gallery in Locke, an unincorporated community in ...

Also known as the Locke Historic District, it was established after a fire broke out in the Chinese section of nearby Walnut Grove. Chinese merchants approached landowner George Locke and inquired if they could... More

A migrant's shack (repainted and vastly renovated in the early 2000s) in the former Weedpatch camp, south of Bakersfield, California

A migrant's shack (repainted and vastly renovated in the early 2000s) ...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Weedpatch Camp, a "rescue camp" for distressed migrant workers, whom some disparagingly called "Okies," who had fled Dust Bowl conditions in the Great Pla... More

No. 846-847. Name: These children are representatives of the two families that occupy this one room in a shack on Bottomley's farm, Baltimore, Md. There are only sliding curtains to separate families. Bunks on floor above. July 7, 1909.  Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

No. 846-847. Name: These children are representatives of the two famil...

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Small shack on Forsyth's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this one room. Room is 10 ft. x 11 ft. x 5 1/2 ft. high and gable attic above. (See family picking cranberries in Photo #1151.) Wooden toilets near at hand, and bushes used as such, gave forth very offensive odors. Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. E.F. Brown [Witness].  Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.

Small shack on Forsyth's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the f...

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A shack of one of the berry picking families on Giles Farm, Seaford, Del. There is one room in this shack unpartitioned in which 2 families (8 people) live. One half of the shack is taken up by a berth of four compartments. Rags and straw furnish the bedding. Clothes are hung inside to dry.  Location: Seaford, Delaware.

A shack of one of the berry picking families on Giles Farm, Seaford, D...

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Shack of old gold prospector. Two Bit Creek, near Deadwood, South Dakota

Shack of old gold prospector. Two Bit Creek, near Deadwood, South Dako...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Construction of roof of Elmer Thompson's shack. Sheridan County, Montana

Construction of roof of Elmer Thompson's shack. Sheridan County, Monta...

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Shack occupied by Mr. Bastia, an unmarried shacker in Iron County, Michigan

Shack occupied by Mr. Bastia, an unmarried shacker in Iron County, Mic...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wife of homesteader in her shack home. Williams County, North Dakota

Wife of homesteader in her shack home. Williams County, North Dakota

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An old photo of a little girl standing in front of a house, New Jersey. Farm Security Administration photograph

An old photo of a little girl standing in front of a house, New Jersey...

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

Sharecropper and young daughter standing in doorway of shack home. New Madrid County, Missouri

Sharecropper and young daughter standing in doorway of shack home. New...

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

Southeast Missouri Farms. Children of FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, former sharecropper, in bedroom of shack home. Note sign "God bless our home"

Southeast Missouri Farms. Children of FSA (Farm Security Administratio...

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

Southeast Missouri Farms. Sharecropper's son climbing stairs to attic bedroom in shack near La Forge project, Missouri

Southeast Missouri Farms. Sharecropper's son climbing stairs to attic ...

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Southeast Missouri Farms. Corner of kitchen of sharecropper's shack near La Forge project, Missouri

Southeast Missouri Farms. Corner of kitchen of sharecropper's shack ne...

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Southeast Missouri Farms. Daughter of sharecropper with doll on kitchen in shack home

Southeast Missouri Farms. Daughter of sharecropper with doll on kitche...

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A black and white photo of three children on a porch, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of three children on a porch, West Virginia. F...

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

Southeast Missouri Farms. Children sitting in living room of shack home

Southeast Missouri Farms. Children sitting in living room of shack hom...

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

Water peddler in community camp. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is paid fifteen cents a barrel for delivering water to the shack homes. See general caption no. 21

Water peddler in community camp. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is paid f...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lumbermen's shack where they can get warm, eat their lunch, and house the tractor with which they haul logs to the road where they are picked up and hauled to the mill by truck. Near Barnard, Windsor County, Vermont

Lumbermen's shack where they can get warm, eat their lunch, and house ...

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Negro shack near Beaufort, South Carolina. Negro living there is a bricklayer

Negro shack near Beaufort, South Carolina. Negro living there is a bri...

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Shack home of family in community camp. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Refer to general caption no. 21

Shack home of family in community camp. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Refer...

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Children looking outside of window of shack home. Community camp, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. See general caption no. 21

Children looking outside of window of shack home. Community camp, Okla...

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Former railroad worker shelling beans for his supper in front of his shack. He is now picking beans in Belle Glade, Florida

Former railroad worker shelling beans for his supper in front of his s...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Negro migratory workers by a shack, Belle Glade, Fla.

Negro migratory workers by a shack, Belle Glade, Fla.

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

Wife of migrant fruit picker. They live in a one-room windowless shack on property of grower. Berrien County, Michigan

Wife of migrant fruit picker. They live in a one-room windowless shack...

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Interior of construction workers shack. Alexandria, Louisiana

Interior of construction workers shack. Alexandria, Louisiana

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Exterior of shack house which rents for fifteen dollars per month. San Diego, California

Exterior of shack house which rents for fifteen dollars per month. San...

Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Trailer in trailer court. This trailer is obviously unmovable and because this court is assuming the characteristics of a shack town and because the sanitary facilities are inadequate, it will probably be condemned by board of health. San Diego, California

Trailer in trailer court. This trailer is obviously unmovable and beca...

Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Wicker in lean-to kitchen of shack before moving. Southeast Missouri

Mrs. Wicker in lean-to kitchen of shack before moving. Southeast Misso...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Portuguese dory fisherman gossiping in front of their fishing shack, where they store their gear

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Portuguese dory fisherman gossiping in fr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

What's left of the old "kamp" campground) headquarters building, a roadside-attraction remnant at what is now the isolated ghost town of Two Guns along old U.S. Highway 66 in northeastern Arizona

What's left of the old "kamp" campground) headquarters building, a roa...

On site there, too, was a small zoo featuring native Arizona animals, the brainstorm of Harry "Two Guns" Miller, who grew out his hair and took on the persona of "Chief Crazy Thunder" when he greeted visitors. ... More

Migrant agricultural worker from Tennessee, formerly a railroad man, eating dinner in his shack, an old tool house. Homestead, Florida

Migrant agricultural worker from Tennessee, formerly a railroad man, e...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Name: Bedroom, 5 1/2 ft. x 6 1/2 ft. with one window 21" x 16 " in which 3 persons sleep. Food was lying all over the bed unprotected and covered with flies. Large shack on Forsythe's Bog, nr. Pemberton. N.J. Sept. 29, 1910. Witness E. F. Brown.  Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.

Name: Bedroom, 5 1/2 ft. x 6 1/2 ft. with one window 21" x 16 " in whi...

Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shack in "Little Oklahoma," California

Shack in "Little Oklahoma," California

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a house on wheels, Tennessee. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a house on wheels, Tennessee. Farm Security...

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

Spencer, Iowa. Interior of a shack in "Shantytown"

Spencer, Iowa. Interior of a shack in "Shantytown"

Photograph shows woman winding a clock inside a living space. Corresponding negative no. LC-USF33-11097-M2. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress). LOT 1156.

Backyard of Buckboard Charlie's shack near Iron River, Michigan

Backyard of Buckboard Charlie's shack near Iron River, Michigan

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) client shelling peas on porch of old shack home, New Madrid County, Missouri

Wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) client shelling peas on por...

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

Two men sitting on a bench in front of a building, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

Two men sitting on a bench in front of a building, Great Depression. F...

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

New Madrid County, Missouri. Child of sharecropper getting drink of water in kitchen of shack

New Madrid County, Missouri. Child of sharecropper getting drink of wa...

Public domain photograph of kitchen, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Girl standing in front of bureau in shack home. Tin Town, Caruthersville, Missouri

Girl standing in front of bureau in shack home. Tin Town, Caruthersvil...

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

Boy resting on bed in attic of sharecropper shack. New Madrid County, Missouri

Boy resting on bed in attic of sharecropper shack. New Madrid County, ...

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Southeast Missouri Farms. Sharecropper's daughter in corner of shack bedroom. La Forge project, Missouri

Southeast Missouri Farms. Sharecropper's daughter in corner of shack b...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, former sharecropper, on front porch of shack. Southeast Missouri Farms

FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, former sharecropper, on fro...

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

Man living in shack by river, Charleston, West Virginia

Man living in shack by river, Charleston, West Virginia

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

A black and white photo of a building and a hose, New Jersey. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a building and a hose, New Jersey. Farm Sec...

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

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