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Farming During the Great Depression

Farming During the Great Depression
The history of farming is tainted by droughts and pestilence, but the Great Depression had the most damaging effect on farmers and their families. This 1936 photograph records a farmer at his plow in Lancaster County in southeastern Nebraska.
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