Child Adding Water to Boiling Beans in Texas Camp 1939

A child adds water to boiling beans on a stove in a migrant camp near Harlingen, Texas. Created in February 1939, this image illustrates the daily routines of migrant families during the Great Depression. Many families sought work in agriculture, facing difficult living conditions and relying on communal cooking to sustain themselves.

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