Mrs. Atkinson and Baby in Rural Iowa 1936

Mrs. Atkinson stands in a rural setting near Shannon City, Ringgold County, Iowa, with her baby in December 1936. During the Great Depression, she walked fifteen miles to the relief office seeking assistance for her family of nine. The Atkinsons farmed eighty acres of challenging land, reflecting the difficulties faced by many American farming families at the time.

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