Gee's Bend During the Great Depression

In 1937, in response to the economic hardships brought on by the Great Depression, the federal government established a cooperative land program in which Gee's Bend residents were given the opportunity to purchase and control the land they farmed for the first time.

1937 photograph of a young girl peering through the open window of a log building; the building uses newspaper as insulation around the window.

Courtesy of the Library of Congress; photograph by Arthur Rothstein

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Gee's Bend (Boykin)

Gee's Bend (Boykin)

1937 photograph of a young girl peering through the open window of a log building; the building uses newspaper as insulation around the window.