Several photographs within the collections show New Deal work projects. Fla. Throughout the United States, migrant workers provided the labor needed to bring in the harvest. These individuals, who owned no land of their own to cultivate, were some of the hardest hit by the Depression. The photographs highlight the living conditions of these workers. Search the words agricultural laborers and migrant laborers for photographs showing the lives of farm workers.
Many photographs show farm workers in the fields and at home.
Search on farmers, farming and families for photographs such as this one illustrating agricultural practices. Planting corn along a river in Tennessee. The Farm Security Administration was established to help the farmers in the U.S., including those who owned farmland and those who did not. One of the ways this was accomplished was be providing loans to farmers for the purchase of equipment. Some photographs in this collection show people who benefited from the farm relief program of the FSA and the food relief program.