1. America in Color from
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2. America in Color from
These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town populations. The photographs are the property of the U.S. Library of Congress and were included in a 2006 exhibit Bound for Glory: America in Color..

3. Faro and Doris Caudill, homesteaders ,Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940

4. Farm auction. Derby, Connecticut, 1940

5. Gathering potatoes. Caribou, Maine, 1940

6. Trucks outside starch factory. Caribou, Me., 1940

7. Children in tenement district. Brockton, Massachusetts, 1940

8. Going to town on Saturday afternoon. Green County, Georgia ,1940

9. Chopping cotton on rented land. White plains, Georgia, 1941

10. Barker at grounds of state fair. Rutland, Vermont, 1941

11. Backstage at the “girlie” show at the state fair
Backstage at the “girlie” show at the state fair. Ruthland, Vermont, 1941

12. Orchestra at square dance. McIntosh County, Oklahoma,1939

13. Children asleep during square dance. McIntosh County, Oklahoma, 1939

14. Homesteader and his family. Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940

15. The Faro Caudill family eating dinner at their dugout
The Faro Caudill family eating dinner at their dugout. Pie Town, NM, 1940

16. Saying grace before barbeque dinner at NM fair. Pie Town, NM, 1940

17. Homesteader and his children eating barbeque at fair
Homesteader and his children eating barbeque at fair. Pie Town, NM, 1940

18. School children singing. Pie Town Fair, NM, 1940

19. Distributing surplus commodities. St. Johns, Arizona, 1940

20. Hauling crates of peaches from orchard. Delta County, colorado, 1940

21. On main street. Cascade, Idaho, 1941

22. Boy building model airplane. Robstown, Texas, 1942

23. Grand Grocery Company. Lincolen, Nebraska, 1942

24. Young African American boy. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1942

25. 4th of July celebration. St. Helena Island, South Carolina, 1939

26. A store with live fish for sale. Natchitoches, Louisiana, 1940

27. Children aiming sticks as guns. Washington, D.C. 1941

28. Shulman’s market. Washington, D.C. 1941

29. Throwing a switch. Chicago, Illinoise, 1943

30. Women having lunch at work. Clinton, Iowa, 1943

31. Street corner. Dillon, Montana, 1942

32. Rural school children. San Augustine County, Texas, 1943

33. Rural school children. Texas, 1943

34. Photo sources: U.S.Library of Congress The Denver Post
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