Primary Source Set: Potato: A Tale From The Great Depression

Potato: A Tale From 
The Great Depression

by Kate Lied

Picture Book for ages 4-8

 


Rupert, Idaho (vicinity). Potato field 
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c25443

 


Irrigated potato field. Canyon County, Idaho. Average annual shipment of potatoes from Idaho is 30,000 cars 
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c01636


Girl potato picker. The twine she carries is for sewing potato sacks. Rio Grande County, Colorado
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a12446


Local agricultural day laborers, potato workers, after a day's work near Spiro, Oklahoma
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a26463

 


Waiting for the potato harvest to open, 150 migratory families from eleven states are camped in the brush along the highway. No water, no toilets provided. This is a newly developed potato area. Large scale industrialized farming, 3000 additional acres under cultivation this year for the first time. Seven miles east of Bakersfield, California 
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b32464


Living conditions for migrant potato pickers. Note potato sheds across the road. Siskiyou County, California.http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b34801


Family of six in tent after supper. Came to potato harvest after father was laid off of WPA (Work Projects Administration) in Boise, Idaho. Oldest child is twelve. Little boy has dysentery. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. In FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile unit 
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b35622


Cram's township and railroad map of Idaho.

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4270.rr002010
 


Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Westland coal mine. Change of shift

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d11016
 


Unemployed miners on corner of main street, Herrin, Illinois

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a10664

 


Grow it yourself Plan a farm garden now.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3f05737