The effects of flood in the Mississippi river in the southern United States during the Great Depression. Damaged houses and property caused by the flood water. Top soil being washed away by the flood. Huge mounds of dirt moved and misplaced by flood. The damaged houses and shacks, and poor residents. Farmers and workers in the south hand pick cotton from a field. A child in front of a cotton stack in a house. A person on the cotton stack. A young boy sits on the ground in the dirt and plays with cans. Inside view of a kitchen area in a simple rural house. Hand of a woman cutting vegetable. A woman holding an infant child as she works in a kitchen. Members of a family in the kitchen. Group of boys playing on the floor while an older boy brings in wood for the stove fire. Children dine at a table. Group of children getting ready for bed, sleeping in close quarters. A woman helps the children get ready to sleep. View of the Mississippi River.
The effects of flood in the Mississippi river in the United States. Animation shows the various tributaries of the Mississippi river. The reduced fertile soil and plantation over the years due to the flood. The role Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) a federally owned corporation created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation ,flood control,electricity and economic development in the Tennessee valley.
Activities of the people in a rural mining area in the United States during the depression. View of a railroad yard filled with coal cars. Men unloading trucks with sacks. People on the porch outside a house, in what appears to be a coal mining town. A child stands on the stairs. African American children on the roof of a house. Location is likely Appalachian or southern United States.
Activities of the people in rural area in the United States during the Great Depression. A man drives a tractor on a farm field. Tractor pulls a plow. Farmers seated on the field. Farmers work on the plow. Farmers carry containers of seeds. Several views of the farmers sowing seeds.
Activities of the people in rural area in the United States during the Great Depression. Rabbits near a house and on field. A woman digs land with a shovel. Women sowing seeds. Houses on the side of the field. A farmer sows seeds View of the houses.
Activities of the people in rural area in the United States (likely the south or Appalachian area) during the Great Depression. A farmer drives a tractor. Tractor pulls a plow. Farmers seated on the plow. Two children stand. A child moves on the ground. Houses in the background. A missionary discusses agriculture with a farmer. A man drives a car through water.
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