Fascinating Food Images From Depression-Era America
Dinner's Ready
The chef at the Rimrock Camp in the central Oregon land development project gets ready to go into action on the dinner gong. Oregon; 1936
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Choose Your Pie Wisely
Bakery shop at House of David. Benton Harbor, Michigan; 1940
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What a Peach
Grocery boy leaning on basket of peaches. Muskogee, Oklahoma; 1939
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Yes, We're Open
Proprietor of small store in market square. Waco, Texas; 1939
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An Apple a Day
Shopping at grocery store. Lakeland, Florida; 1939
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Chicken Dinner
Mrs. Milton Robinson, wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower, in the kitchen of her farm home. Greeley, Colorado; 1939
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Making Biscuits
Migrant mother making biscuits in tent home near Mercedes, Texas. 1939
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Picking Peas
Daughter of Pomp Hall, tenant farmer, picking peas for supper. Creek County, Oklahoma; 1940
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Whipped Topping
Putting whipped cream on cake which will be served for refreshments at home demonstration club meeting. McIntosh County, Oklahoma; 1940
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Finishing Touches
Craig Field cooks loading up platters of crisp fried chickens, supplied through the FSA (Farm Security Administration) "Food for Defense" program. Craig Field, Southeastern Air Training Center, Selma, Alabama; 1941
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Crisp Carrots
Buying carrots from a shopping list in the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue. Washington, D.C.; 1942
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Sharing a Bite
Eating dinner at the all day community sing. Pie Town, New Mexico; 1940
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Eat Up!
Youngster eating dinner at all day community sing. Pie Town, New Mexico; 1940