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The Simple Life: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 03/14/2008 - 7:17pm.
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December 1936. "Washstand in house occupied by married hired hand and his wife. Harry Madsen farm near Dickens, Iowa. Three hundred sixty acres, owner-operated." View full size. Medium format nitrate negative by Russell Lee.
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Country Kitchen: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 03/14/2008 - 10:49am.
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December 1936. "Farmer's wife churning butter. Emmet County, Iowa." Medium-format nitrate negative by Russell Lee. View full size.
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In From the Fields: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 03/14/2008 - 8:03am.
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August 1936. "Migrant cotton pickers at lunchtime. Near Robstown, Texas." Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange. View full size.
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Plucky: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 03/14/2008 - 1:53am.
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December 1936. "Wife of owner-operator and wife of hired hand cleaning chickens in cellar preparatory to canning them. Chickens at this time of year are bringing six cents per pound. These are for roasting. Harry Madsen farm, near Dickens, Iowa. 360 acres, owner operated." Medium format nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Don't Stop Believing: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 03/14/2008 - 1:47am.
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November 1936. Eighty-year-old woman living in squatters' camp on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California. "If you lose your pluck you lose the most there is in you -- all you've got to live with." View full size. Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration.
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Multimillionaire: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 7:09pm.
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November 1936. "Cotton picker. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California." Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the FSA. View full size.
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Dilapidated: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 2:38pm.
July 1936. Washington, Pennsylvania. "Old age." Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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