Young Boy on Porch in New Madrid County Missouri 1938

A young boy sits on the front porch of a modest sharecroppers shack in New Madrid County, Missouri. In May 1938, this scene illustrates the challenges faced by rural families during the Great Depression. Sharecropping was a common practice in the South, providing limited income and often trapping families in a cycle of poverty.

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