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PLANTING CABBAGE, 1940. A farmers young daughter planting cabbage in Pie Town, New Mexico
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PLANTING CABBAGE, 1940. A farmers young daughter planting cabbage in Pie Town, New Mexico
PLANTING CABBAGE, 1940.
A farmers young daughter planting cabbage in Pie Town, New Mexico. Photograph by Russell Lee, June 1940
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1940 Adolescent Cabbage Child Child Labor Daughter Digging Dress Farm Farm Tool Farmer Farming Field Great Depression June Migrant Worker New Deal New Mexico Pie Town Planting Rural Russell Soil Southwest Spring Summer Working Class Young
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PLANTING CABBAGE, 1940 - A Glimpse into the Resilience of Rural America
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. This photograph transports us back to a simpler time in Pie Town, New Mexico during the summer of 1940. The image captures a poignant moment as a young farmer's daughter diligently plants cabbage in their family field. Russell Lee, an American photographer known for his work with the Farm Security Administration (FSA), skillfully freezes this slice of daily life amidst the backdrop of the Great Depression. In this snapshot, we witness both hard work and innocence intertwined. The young girl, dressed in her modest attire, digs into the soil with determination using a farm tool handed down through generations. Her presence symbolizes not only child labor but also resilience and unity within working-class families who relied on agriculture to survive. Lee's lens beautifully captures the vastness of rural New Mexico while highlighting one individual's contribution towards sustenance during difficult times. This photograph serves as a testament to how farming communities across America persevered through adversity by relying on their land and resourcefulness. As we gaze upon this historical artifact from over eight decades ago, it reminds us that even amidst economic hardship and uncertainty, there is always hope rooted deep within our soil – just like those cabbages planted by that young girl in Pie Town all those years ago.
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