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Negro tenant's home beside the Mississippi River levee, near Lake Providence, La. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 3 older comments, and then…
  • bf53490 said:
    A beautiful southern photo.
  • melcr13 said:
    This is quite a scenery to look at. Along the Mississippi River levee this image really contradicts 'The Great Depression'.
  • /\ \/\/ /\ said:
    Looks like corn being cultivated near the house, but it is only knee high. The grass on the levee looks parched and the area is short on moisture and rainfall. Congressman William Jefferson of New Orleans was born near this time and place.
  • Adaptable Science said:
    this is amazing i love it
  • Piers Nye said:
    From the clouds I'd swear it was HDR if it wasn't LOC and 1940. Must have used a yellow filter. Kodachrome was only four years old.

Negro tenant's home beside the Mississippi River levee, near Lake Providence, La. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 5 older comments, and then…
  • David said:
    The green and blue in this photos are just amazing.
  • Stephanie said:
    stunning.
  • themaninthehat.com said:
    I am so glad that I got to see this
  • mightee*mouse said:
    Very beautiful.
  • Becca Souza Alley said:
    Lovely!

Clothes of swimmers hanging on a telegraph pole, Lake Providence, La. The children from the nearby farms and neighborhoods go swimming, on Saturday afternoon and Sunday, in the lake (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • David said:
    You can almost feel how hot it is! I need to go for a swim!
  • advocateone@sbcglobal.net said:
    It is amazing how history has been captured by the photographer. It is the essence of Mark Twain, but happening in 1940. Very intense in bringing the past to life.
  • Wandering Lizard said:
    And no one steals their clothes?
  • aware health said:
    What do you suppose the cardboard is for? Someone seems to have collected it.
  • general weather said:
    I'm sure some of the cardboard was used for re-lining the insoles of the shoes. New shoes were hard to come by. Back then, everything was recycled.