Tenant Farmers at Farmhouse Near Marseilles Illinois 1937

Mr. and Mrs. John Landers stand at the backdoor of their farmhouse near Marseilles, Illinois, in January 1937. They were tenant farmers, a common arrangement in rural America at the time. Tenant farming involved renting land for cultivation, which shaped agricultural practices and lifestyles throughout the Midwest during the Great Depression.

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