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Wheat in Sperryville, Virginia

Sperryville, United States

girl. Hill House, Mississippi

Plantation overseer. Mississippi Delta, near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Clarksdale, United States

Plantation owner. Mississippi Delta, near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Clarksdale, United States

A note on transportation. Eden, Alabama

Eden, United States

Farm folk spend a day in town. Eden, Alabama

Eden, United States

Walter E. Packard, Acting Director, Rural Resettlement Division

San Luis Obispo County, United States

Widtsoe land use adjustment project. Garfield County, Utah. Loading boulder on stone boat, while excavating new spillway of Tropic Dam

Garfield County, United States

Widtsoe land use adjustment project. Garfield County, Utah. Excavating new spillway of Tropic Dam

Garfield County, United States

Central Utah dry land adjustment project, forty miles from Tooele, Utah

Central Utah fry land adjustment project, forty miles from Tooele, Utah. Sheep wagons in which some workers on project lived

Hooverville of Bakersfield, California. A rapidly growing community of people living rent-free on the edge of the town dump in whatever kind of shelter available. Approximately one thousand people now living here and raising children

Kern County, United States

"Home" of a migrant worker's family. Kern County, California. Lately came from Oklahoma

Kern County, United States

Stranded in southern California. Belongings of Oklahoma drought refugees camped alongside the road

One of the reasons why this region has proven itself unsuited to crop production is the short growing season. Utah

Widtsoe, United States

Farm buildings in the purchase area. Widtsoe, Utah

Widtsoe, United States

One of many abandoned homes in the Widtsoe area. Utah

Widtsoe, United States

Widtsoe post office. Utah

Widtsoe, United States

Resettlement clients to be moved from Widtsoe area to farm in another county of Utah

Widtsoe, United States

Post office and postmistress, view number two. Widtsoe, Utah

Widtsoe, United States

The town of Widtsoe, Utah

Widtsoe, United States

The church. Widtsoe is a Mormon community, as are all the settlements in the Great Basin. Utah

Widtsoe, United States

Widtsoe Valley purchase area. Utah

Widtsoe, United States

Detail of occupied house. Widtsoe, Utah

Widtsoe, United States