Wheat farm, Walla Walla, Washington, July 1941
The distances seemed endless
Wheat land, Walla Walla, Washington, July 1941
The vistas promised abundance
On Main Street, Cascade, Idaho, July 1941
The days seemed endless
Scrap and salvage depot, Butte, Montana: Russell Lee, October 1942
Rust followed us where we went
Scrap and salvage depot, Butte, Montana, October 1942
Everywhere we looked there was disorder
Shasta Dam under construction, California, June 1942
The earth was made to see beyond itself
Grain elevators, Caldwell, Idaho, July 1941
Its bounty reached to the sky
Distributing surplus commodities, St. Johns, Arizona, October 1940
Yet there was never more than enough
Filling station and garage, Pie Town, New Mexico, October 1940
This was the poverty of the land
Mill at Camp Bird Mine, Ouray, Colorado, October 1940
These were the riches of the earth
Poem by Tom Clark / Photos by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration
(Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)
(Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)
