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Full House: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 11/27/2007 - 6:11pm.
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.
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George Jetson!
Submitted by Lord-Velveeta on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 9:18pm.
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
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 8:14pm.
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
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 11/27/2007 - 11:46pm.
Hired man for a tenant farmer -- now that's pretty low on the totem pole.
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