Alvin Sharpe, North Carolina
1935
1935
many farm families lacked indoor plumbing during the Depression
water was drawn from an outdoor pump
people bathed once a week, in shared water that had been heated on a wood-burning stove
water was drawn from an outdoor pump
people bathed once a week, in shared water that had been heated on a wood-burning stove
this is how homes were illuminated before the New Deal rural electrification project brought electricity to farms
inadequate, stinky, a fire hazard
big government works
#FDR
inadequate, stinky, a fire hazard
big government works
#FDR
before Nintendo
1935
1935
homeless man
Depression
Depression
trying to sell the idea of social security
1930s
1930s
wringer washer, one step above a scrub board
two steps above stones along a riverside
this woman would have heated water on a wood stove, then carried the heavy bucket outside
one gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds
she carried a five-gallon bucket; do the math
Depression
#FDR
two steps above stones along a riverside
this woman would have heated water on a wood stove, then carried the heavy bucket outside
one gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds
she carried a five-gallon bucket; do the math
Depression
#FDR
Social Security records, late 1930s
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