Sunday, March 22, 2009

Homesteaders, Sharecroppers, and a Barbecue...

...incredible pictures from the '40s, courtesy of the Library of Congress' Food Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection (via photo district news).

New Mexico Homesteader. October 1940.

Canned vegetables: yellow squash, peas, beets. Between 1941 and 1945.

Sharecroppers chopping cotton. June 1941.

Kitchen utensils and spices. Between 1941 and 1945.

New Mexico Homesteaders. October 1940.


Harvesting corn. October 1940.

Cutting pies and cakes at a barbecue. October 1940.
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Anonymous said...

What a nice collection of photos. You sure have good taste...as I do because I like these photos too. ;)

July 24, 2011 at 12:08 AM

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