Mrs. Atkinson and baby. Atkinson rents from an estate and has eighty acres of very poor land on which to support his family of nine. Mrs. Atkinson walked fifteen miles to the relief office to get aid for the family, near Shannon City, Ringgold County, Iow

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Title
Mrs. Atkinson and baby. Atkinson rents from an estate and has eighty acres of very poor land on which to support his family of nine. Mrs. Atkinson walked fifteen miles to the relief office to get aid for the family, near Shannon City, Ringgold County, Iow
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986 (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lee, Russell

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1936-12
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 011128-M1
Topics
Iowa -- Shannon City
Iowa -- Ringgold County
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 56149
TMS Object Number: 011128-M1
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fde473b0-b445-0136-6452-4f18ed3ae8cb
Rights Statement
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Mrs. Atkinson and baby. Atkinson rents from an estate and has eighty acres of very poor land on which to support his family of nine. Mrs. Atkinson walked fifteen miles to the relief office to get aid for the family, near Shannon City, Ringgold County, Iow" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1936. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c209abc0-b449-0136-64f6-3dfad2b0d59a

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Mrs. Atkinson and baby. Atkinson rents from an estate and has eighty acres of very poor land on which to support his family of nine. Mrs. Atkinson walked fifteen miles to the relief office to get aid for the family, near Shannon City, Ringgold County, Iow" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c209abc0-b449-0136-64f6-3dfad2b0d59a

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1936). Mrs. Atkinson and baby. Atkinson rents from an estate and has eighty acres of very poor land on which to support his family of nine. Mrs. Atkinson walked fifteen miles to the relief office to get aid for the family, near Shannon City, Ringgold County, Iow Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c209abc0-b449-0136-64f6-3dfad2b0d59a

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Mrs. Atkinson and baby. Atkinson rents from an estate and has eighty acres of very poor land on which to support his family of nine. Mrs. Atkinson walked fifteen miles to the relief office to get aid for the family, near Shannon City, Ringgold County, Iow