Mrs. Charles Benning and Baby in Shantytown Iowa 1936

Mrs. Charles Benning and her baby sit inside their modest shack home in Shantytown, Spencer, Iowa, in December 1936. This image is part of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information collection, which documented the struggles of rural Americans during the Great Depression. Shantytowns like this emerged as communities for those displaced by economic hardship.

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