Missouri Umbrella

Taken in a school in Missouri, 1938.

Photo by Russell Lee. [American Memory link]

Tin Town

I'm not sure why, but the first thing I notice in this photo is the bare feet. And the canned vegetables under the bed. The photo caption reads: "Family on relief living in Tin Town, Caruthersville, Missouri."

Taken by Russell Lee in 1938. [American Memory link]

Pigs Are Smelly

Hogs eating corn on a Missouri farm. Photo by Arthur Rothstein, 1939.

Many of us feel a nostalgia for simpler times. But the buildings in this photo look spare and impoverished. Not to mention that pigs are smelly - and make rude noises :-)

[American Memory link]