Oklahoma Farmer Signing Chattel Mortgage October 1939

A vintage photograph from October 1939 features a farmer in Cow Hollow, Malheur County, Oregon, signing his chattel mortgage. This act illustrates the financial practices of farmers during the Great Depression. The image is part of the Farm Security Administration collection, which documented rural life and the economic challenges farmers faced in the 1930s.

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