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Mommy's Little Soldier: 1939

February 1939. "In a carrot pullers' camp, Imperial Valley, California, near Holtville. Women from Broken Bow, Oklahoma." Medium format negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

February 1939. "In a carrot pullers' camp, Imperial Valley, California, near Holtville. Women from Broken Bow, Oklahoma." Medium format negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

American Pickers: 1943

May 1943. "Corpus Christi, Texas. Truckload of Mexican and Negro farm laborers." Photo by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

May 1943. "Corpus Christi, Texas. Truckload of Mexican and Negro farm laborers." Photo by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Co-op Tires: 1939

October 1939. "Farmers' supply co-op. Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

October 1939. "Farmers' supply co-op. Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

The Big Apple: 1936

June 1936. "Apple monument at depot of Cornelia, Georgia." Medium format negative by Carl Mydans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

June 1936. "Apple monument at depot of Cornelia, Georgia." Medium format negative by Carl Mydans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Tall Grain: 1939

May 1939; "Grain elevators. Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

May 1939; "Grain elevators. Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Sugar, Incorporated: 1937

October 1937. "Sugar beet factory with trucks lined up waiting to be unloaded. East Grand Forks, Minnesota." Photo by Russell Lee for the FSA. View full size.

October 1937. "Sugar beet factory with trucks lined up waiting to be unloaded. East Grand Forks, Minnesota." Photo by Russell Lee for the FSA. View full size.

 

Badlands: 1937

September 1937. "Old threshing machine on Herman Gerling's farm near Wheelock, North Dakota. There have been no crops for eight years." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

September 1937. "Old threshing machine on Herman Gerling's farm near Wheelock, North Dakota. There have been no crops for eight years." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Meet the Gerlings: 1937

September 1937. "The Herman Gerling family near Wheelock, North Dakota. The daughter lost her arm four years ago." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

September 1937. "The Herman Gerling family near Wheelock, North Dakota. The daughter lost her arm four years ago." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

A Billion Beets: 1939

October 1939. "Sugar beet factory along Snake River. Shows beet dump, beet pile. Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon." Medium format negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

October 1939. "Sugar beet factory along Snake River. Shows beet dump, beet pile. Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon." Medium format negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

The Apprentice: 1939

November 1939. Black Hawk County, Iowa. "In the past, most milk testing associations have been formed by farmers in the higher-income brackets. This milk-tester works for an association of low-income farmers who heretofore have either lacked the necessary funds or have been unaware of such associations' value. The group was formed with the aid of the Farm Security Administration." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA. View full size.

November 1939. Black Hawk County, Iowa. "In the past, most milk testing associations have been formed by farmers in the higher-income brackets. This milk-tester works for an association of low-income farmers who heretofore have either lacked the necessary funds or have been unaware of such associations' value. The group was formed with the aid of the Farm Security Administration." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA. View full size.

 

The Farmer's Daughter: 1939

November 1939. "Osage Farms, Missouri. Member of Hillview cooperative who formerly lived in submarginal farm area." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

November 1939. "Osage Farms, Missouri. Member of Hillview cooperative who formerly lived in submarginal farm area." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Western Onion: 1939

October 1939. "Harvesting onions in field of Farm Security Administration client. Western Slope Farms, Colorado." Photo by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.

October 1939. "Harvesting onions in field of Farm Security Administration client. Western Slope Farms, Colorado." Photo by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.

 

Family Farmers: 1939

October 1939. "Family of Fred Schmeeckle, Farm Security Administration borrower, on their dryland farm in Weld County, Colorado." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA. View full size.

October 1939. "Family of Fred Schmeeckle, Farm Security Administration borrower, on their dryland farm in Weld County, Colorado." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA. View full size.

 

Dishpan Hans: 1938

October 1938. "Son of agricultural worker on steps of his home. Burlington County, New Jersey." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA. View full size.

October 1938. "Son of agricultural worker on steps of his home. Burlington County, New Jersey." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA. View full size.

 

Cow Town: 1941

July 1941. "Union Stockyards, Chicago." Medium format negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

July 1941. "Union Stockyards, Chicago." Medium format negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 
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