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- Rear View
- Way in the back --
- Button It Up
- And with an eye on the time ...
- Working in an enclosed ashtray
- Rear View Mirror?
- Tobacco cam
- Basic fact I learned only later in life
- Put a Lid on it!
- Pinstripes in the Tower
- Sound enhancement
- 3438 in '38
- Second Career
- Their days are numbered
- Only the Sensor
- Train control mechanism
- Rarest of the Rare?? & Classy 3400 Class
- Control Mechanism
- Those standpipes
- Wrenches
- International D-40 I believe
- Job prospects
- You had me at Train
- Land of the free
- Broad-Exchange Bldg
- Parking innovation
- The old block
- "Peck turned a sweet propeller"
- National Bank Building
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Great Depression
The economic crisis, beginning with the stock market crash of October 1929 and lasting until 1939, that saw millions of Americans plunged into poverty and destitution.
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Squatter Mother: 1936
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The Cherry Pickers: 1940
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Hovel-Ready: 1937
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Water Boys: 1939
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Crank It: 1939
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Citrus Squatters: 1936
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A Tight Spot: 1939
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Wednesday's Child: 1939
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Daddy Is a Trasher: 1939
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Boy, Fourteen: 1936
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Valley Girl: 1936
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Just Add Water: 1936
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No Future Here: 1939
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Poor Guy: 1939
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Patio Living: 1939
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To Mary, With Love: 1939
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May Avenue Camp: 1939
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Lad of the Flies: 1939
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We Ate the Chickens: 1939
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In the Cotton: 1935
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From Scratch: 1939
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Skid Row: 1938
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Migrant Daughter: 1936
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Rooms for Rent: 1936
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Following the Harvest: 1939
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We Can't Go Home Again: 1939
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Madonna of the Hops: 1939
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House of Signs: 1936
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Stick House: 1938
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Shafter Strikers: 1938
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Okie Tater Tots: 1937
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Little House: 1938
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Leaning Out: 1937
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Arkansas Travelers: 1938
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Well Wisher: 1937
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Perfect Timing: 1929
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Fix-a-Flat: 1937
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Rocky Road: 1937
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Family Truckster: 1937
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Neideffer Camp: 1937
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Working Mom: 1939
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Ex-Okie: 1952
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Home Entertainment: 1939
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Tat Mom: 1939
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Coke House: 1939
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American Pickers: 1937
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Coal Miner's Daughter: 1936
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Lucky Pups: 1938
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Doesn't Cotton: 1936
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Lady of the Flies: 1936
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Gray Acres: 1937
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Fruit Tramp: 1936
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Family Trip: 1937
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Following the Cotton: 1937
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Broke, Baby Sick: 1937
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Must Have Work or Food: 1936
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When I Was a Kid: 1936
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That Boy of Mine: 1936
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Mama's Family: 1936
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Young Family, Penniless: 1936
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Kern County Camp: 1936
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Veteran Hobo: 1938
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Bachelor Shacks: 1937
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Shovel-Ready: 1937
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Family Car: 1939
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Tom Joad: 1936
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Tough Enough: 1936
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Sunday Best: 1936
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Traveling Light: 1936
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Elm Grove: 1936
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Close to Home: 1936
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Dry Goods: 1936
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![July 1936. "Vernon Evans [interview] and family of Lemmon, South Dakota, near Missoula, Montana. Leaving the grasshopper-ridden and drought-stricken area for a new start in Oregon or Washington. Expects to arrive at Yakima in time for hop picking. Makes about 200 miles a day in Model T Ford. Live in tent." Medium-format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/SHORPY_8b28037a.thumbnail.jpg "Oregon or Bust: 1936")
Oregon or Bust: 1936
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Rest Stop: 1936
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Gypsy Life: 1936
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Fruit Tramps: 1936
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Growing Up Fast: 1936
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Our New Life: 1936
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Crate & Barrel: 1936
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Nickel Inn: 1938
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Route 99: 1939
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