by Arthur H. Bleich
America, 1935. A land in the midst of a Great Depression.
Drought and over-cultivation of farmland had spawned dust storms that stripped vital topsoil away. In a country that was predominately rural and small-town, the massive crop failure that ensued caused millions to lose their farms and homes. Blown out, baked out and broke, most were forced to drift aimlessly from place to place, looking for whatever work they could find, desperate just to stay alive.
The Farm Security Administration (FSA) was charged with implementing government programs to help farmers who had been displaced. It also hired photographers to document its efforts and results. In all, FSA photographers shot over 164,000 black and white photographs and a smaller collection of 1,600 color images that perfectly defines the U.S. from 1935-1945
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