Mrs. Earl Pauley and Children Farm Home Iowa 1936

Mrs. Earl Pauley stands in the doorway of her farm home near Smithland, Iowa, with her children in December 1936. The Pauleys were tenant farmers, a common arrangement in rural Iowa. Tenant farming involved renting land to cultivate crops, often leading to challenging living conditions for families. The image is part of the FSA/OWI Collection, documenting agricultural life in the U.S.

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