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Depression refugees from Iowa, 8b29797a
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Depression refugees from Iowa, 8b29797a

Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway. Depression refugees from Iowa. Left Iowa in 1932 because of father's ill health. Father an auto mechanic laborer, painter by trade, tubercular. Family has been on relief in Arizona but refused entry on relief roles in Iowa to which state they wish to return. Nine children including a sick four-month-old baby. No money at all. About to sell their belongings and trailer for money to buy food. "We don't want to go where we'll be a nuisance to anybody".

Date
1936-08
Collection
FSA/OWI
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
photograph
Original size
4,768 × 5,048 pixels

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Reason: a US government work (Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information).

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"Depression refugees from Iowa, 8b29797a" (1936-08). FSA/OWI. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Depression_refugees_from_Iowa,_8b29797a.tif

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