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Anomie Farm: 1941

August 1941. "The family of Mr. Dan Sampson, father of 11 children. The Sampsons are moving out of their small unproductive farm in the Pine Camp expansion area to a 240-acre dairy farm in South Rutland, N.Y., obtained through the New York Defense Relocation Corporation. Near Sterlingville, New York." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

August 1941. "The family of Mr. Dan Sampson, father of 11 children. The Sampsons are moving out of their small unproductive farm in the Pine Camp expansion area to a 240-acre dairy farm in South Rutland, N.Y., obtained through the New York Defense Relocation Corporation. Near Sterlingville, New York." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Modern Family: 1941

October 1941. "Mrs. Melvin Rivers, some of her children and her father-in-law in their new relocation corporation farm to which they have moved just recently, near Orwell, New York." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

October 1941. "Mrs. Melvin Rivers, some of her children and her father-in-law in their new relocation corporation farm to which they have moved just recently, near Orwell, New York." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

 

Country Boy: 1930

Circa 1930. "Boy in tire swing holding cow on a tether." U.S. Department of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service photo. View full size.

Circa 1930. "Boy in tire swing holding cow on a tether." U.S. Department of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service photo. View full size.

 

Milk Men: 1941

September 1941. "Two sons of William Gaynor, FSA dairy farmer near Fairfield, Vermont." Farm Security Administration photo by Jack Delano. View full size.

September 1941. "Two sons of William Gaynor, FSA dairy farmer near Fairfield, Vermont." Farm Security Administration photo by Jack Delano. View full size.

 

My Little Tommy: 1940

October 1940. "Mr. Thomas Festa, Italian FSA client with his horse on his farm two miles out of Newtown, Connecticut." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

October 1940. "Mr. Thomas Festa, Italian FSA client with his horse on his farm two miles out of Newtown, Connecticut." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Trencherman's Lunch: 1940

October 1940. "Lunch hour at one of the farms of the Woodman Potato Co. All of the pickers and field laborers eat in this converted tool house, 11 miles north of Caribou, Maine." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the FSA. View full size.

October 1940. "Lunch hour at one of the farms of the Woodman Potato Co. All of the pickers and field laborers eat in this converted tool house, 11 miles north of Caribou, Maine." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the FSA. View full size.

 

The Gleaners: 1940

October 1940. "Harvesting potatoes with a single-row tractor-drawn digger on a farm near Caribou, Maine." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

October 1940. "Harvesting potatoes with a single-row tractor-drawn digger on a farm near Caribou, Maine." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

 

Spud Ranch: 1940

October 1940. "Harvesting potatoes with a single-row tractor-drawn digger on a farm near Caribou, Maine." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

October 1940. "Harvesting potatoes with a single-row tractor-drawn digger on a farm near Caribou, Maine." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

 

Podcast: 1941

June 1941. "Dressing crates of peas for shipment. Canyon County, Idaho." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

June 1941. "Dressing crates of peas for shipment. Canyon County, Idaho." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Sick Kicks: 1940

July 1940. "Florida agricultural migrant with a group who had their own tent which they pitched outside the grading station at Belcross, North Carolina." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

July 1940. "Florida agricultural migrant with a group who had their own tent which they pitched outside the grading station at Belcross, North Carolina." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Harvest Home: 1940

July 1940. "In the new home of a group of migrants just arrived at Onley, Virginia. Barracks, surrounded by barbed wire fence, house Negro agricultural workers from Florida who have come to work the Eastern Shore strawberry, onion and cabbage fields in picking, grading and canning." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

July 1940. "In the new home of a group of migrants just arrived at Onley, Virginia. Barracks, surrounded by barbed wire fence, house Negro agricultural workers from Florida who have come to work the Eastern Shore strawberry, onion and cabbage fields in picking, grading and canning." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

When Pigs Fly: 1936

December 1936. "C.D. Grant in storehouse on his farm at Penderlea Homesteads, North Carolina -- America's first farm-city. Homesteader Grant enlists aid of neighbors to butcher hogs for the winter." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

December 1936. "C.D. Grant in storehouse on his farm at Penderlea Homesteads, North Carolina -- America's first farm-city. Homesteader Grant enlists aid of neighbors to butcher hogs for the winter." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Grain to Go: 1936

August 1936. "Grain elevators at Dumas, Texas." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

August 1936. "Grain elevators at Dumas, Texas." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Bal Masque: 1939

October 1939. "Masquerade at Halloween party. Hillview cooperative, Osage Farms, Missouri." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.

October 1939. "Masquerade at Halloween party. Hillview cooperative, Osage Farms, Missouri." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.

 

Stumpy Valley: 1939

October 1939. "A stumpy valley where new farms are being established. Photos show character of land which settlers are buying -- stump land farmers making a new start in the Priest River Valley, Idaho." Medium format acetate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

October 1939. "A stumpy valley where new farms are being established. Photos show character of land which settlers are buying -- stump land farmers making a new start in the Priest River Valley, Idaho." Medium format acetate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 
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