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Eyes of the Great Depression 078–Christmas 1936.

December 13, 2012

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eyes Christmas dinner in home of Earl Pauley

Christmas dinner in home of Earl Pauley. Near Smithfield, Iowa. Dinner consisted of potatoes, cabbage and pie.

Christmas dinner in home of Earl Pauley

Photograph by Farm Security Administration photographer  Russell Lee in December 1936.

Library of Congress image.

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Grannymar December 13, 2012 at 1:34 PM

Looking at the bundle of plates, I’d say there were more mouths waiting to be fed.
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