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Home of rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
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Home of rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California. They bought twenty acres of raw unimproved land with a first payment of fifty dollars which was money saved out of relief budget (August 1936). They received a Farm Security Administration (FSA) loan of seven hundred dollars for stock and equipment. Now they have a one-room shack, seven cows, three sows, and homemade pumping plant, along with ten acres of improved permanent pasture. Cream check approximately thirty dollars per month. Husband also works about ten days a month outside the farm. Husband is twenty-six years old, wife twenty-two, three small children. Been in California five years. "Piece by piece this place gets put together. One more piece of pipe and our water tank will be finished."
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This compelling photograph, taken by renowned American photographer Dorothea Lange in 1938, captures the determination and resilience of a rural rehabilitation family in Tulare County, California during the Great Depression. The scene shows the simple, one-room shack that the couple and their three small children call home. With a first payment of fifty dollars saved from their relief budget, they purchased twenty acres of raw land and received a Farm Security Administration (FSA) loan of seven hundred dollars for stock and equipment. Their hard work and perseverance have resulted in a modest yet significant improvement - seven cows, three sows, a homemade pumping plant, and ten acres of permanent pasture. The family's monthly income comes from the sale of cream, approximately thirty dollars. The husband, at twenty-six years old, also works about ten days a month outside the farm to supplement their meager earnings. Having been in California for five years, they continue to piece together their new life, one improvement at a time. The unfinished water tank in the background symbolizes their ongoing struggle and the hope for a better future. This poignant image serves as a testament to the human spirit and the enduring spirit of rural America during the Great Depression.
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