Child Caring for Baby in Sharecropper Cabin Missouri 1938

A child from a sharecropping family wipes a babys nose in a modest cabin in New Madrid County, Missouri. Taken in May 1938, the image illustrates the daily realities experienced by rural families during the Great Depression. Sharecropping was common in the South, often leaving families in poverty despite their hard work.

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