El Monte Federal Homesteads 1936 Community Homes During Great Depression Vintage Photo

The image depicts the El Monte federal homesteads in El Monte, California, taken in February 1936. This community included one hundred homes on nearly an acre each, part of a federal initiative to provide affordable housing during the Great Depression. Families earned an average of eight hundred dollars annually while cultivating their own food.

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