Young Boy Pumping Water in New Madrid County 1938

A young boy pumps water behind his cabin home in New Madrid County, Missouri in May 1938. He is the son of a sharecropper, reflecting the agricultural lifestyle of the region during the Great Depression. The image is part of the FSA/OWI collection, which documents the struggles and resilience of farming communities in Southeast Missouri.

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