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54 Handout 2.3: Photographs of the South During the Depression Walker Evans is one of the most famous photographers to document the effects of the Great Depression in the United States. He took the following photos in the South while working for a branch of the federal government called the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s: Bud Fields and His Family: Alabama Sharecroppers Library of Congress DRAFT VERSION | September 2014

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Handout 2.3: Photographs of the South During the Depression Walker Evans is one of the most famous photographers to document the effects of the Great Depression in the United States. He took the following photos in the South while working for a branch of the federal government called the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s:

Bud Fields and His Family: Alabama Sharecroppers

Library of Congress

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General Store in Moundville, Alabama

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Negro Cabin in Hale County, Alabama

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Negro Farming Near Tupelo, Mississippi

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Negroes Wait in Line for Food at Camp for Flood Refugees in Alabama

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Street in Marion, Alabama

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Children Receive Food in Alabama Camp for Flood Refugees

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