Eyes of the Great Depression 036

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)

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