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Lean-to Kitchen: 1936
Submitted by Ken on Fri, 08/03/2007 - 9:03am.
A 12-year-old girl in a family of nine cooks a meal in a rude, open lean-to hut in Tennessee. The family lives in an open field near the Tennessee River. Photograph by Carl Mydans, 1936. View full size.
Re: Rude
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 4:46pm.
The first definition of "rude" in the dictionary actually uses the word hut: "Rude (adj) 1. crude or rough in form or workmanship [a rude hut]." The first definition of "crude" is "in a raw or natural condition." In any case that's the original caption as written by the photographer.
How rude!
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 4:33pm.
I think your caption should read "cooks a meal in a crude open lean-to hut," not a rude one.
Kids today
Submitted by intothewind on Fri, 08/03/2007 - 4:48pm.
...don't know how good they got it, shoes...running water...'lectricty etc.
You can see the same girl…
Submitted by bellhalla on Fri, 08/03/2007 - 10:00am.
…in this photo, at the left edge.
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