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Full House: 1936

Full House: 1936

November 1936 near Dickens, Iowa. 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, one grandchild. Medium format negative by Russell Lee, Resettlement Administration. View full size.

George Jetson!

Look in the window on the right, you can see the shadow of George Jetson!

(Is my imagination running a little too wild?)

Gas Engine

Well, at least the wife did have a one cylinder gas engine to pull her washing machine, but she did have to turn the wringer rolls by hand.

Chez Nissen

Hired man for a tenant farmer -- now that's pretty low on the totem pole.

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