Field Corn, West Virginia, 1935



Williamson, West Virginia. 1935. Photo by Ben Shahn.

FSA Photo

NYPL Digital Collection

Every Thursday a carefully selected old agricultural photo is featured here on Big Picture Agriculture � lest we forget how things used to be.

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