Healthy Specimen

August Ehlen, a Colorado farmer, examines a sugar beet. 1939.

Photo by Arthur Rothstein. [American Memory link]

Sheep Shipping

Sheep being herded onto train cars in Colorado, 1940. Despite the presence of girls in pretty dresses watching in the background , one suspects this was a noisy, odorous affair.

Photo by Russell Lee. [American Memory link]

Do Not Apply

A sign in Colorado, 1940. Folks looking for work during the Great Depression encountered numerous signs of this sort.

One wonders how many parents with young mouths to feed had their day darkened by this particular one on the date this photo happened to be taken.

Photographer: Russell Lee. [American Memory link]