Sylvester Garring Chopping Wood in Indiana March 1937

Sylvester Garring, a thirty-one-year-old tenant of an absentee landlord, chops wood near Fowler, Indiana, in March 1937. This image illustrates the labor-intensive agricultural lifestyle in Benton County during the 1930s. During this period, many tenants like Garring worked hard to maintain their livelihoods amid economic challenges.

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