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Eyes of the Great Depression 036

August 31, 2009

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4c-Twelve-year old girl of family of nine

Twelve-year old girl of family of nine living in one-room hut built over the chassis of abandoned Ford truck in open field on U.S. Route 70 between Camden and Bruceton, Tennessee. Near backward Tennessee section. View also shows one of the small boys in family; the girl is dressed in a meal sack

1936 March

photographer: Carl Mydans.

Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection
(Library of Congress)

hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a01638hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a01638

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Betsy Wuebker August 31, 2009 at 11:55 PM

This is so heartbreaking. I wish we could find out the rest of the story.
.-= Betsy Wuebker´s last blog ..CHEECHAKOS IN THE CHUGACH =-.

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