20 Rare Photos Taken in Utah During the Great Depression
Rare photos from the Farm Security Administration document the resilience and struggles of rural Utahns during the 1930s and 1940s.
From 1935 to 1944, the Farm Security Administration sent photographers to places all over the country to document rural Americans’ lives and the success of President Roosevelt’s New Deal programs. These 20 rare photos were taken in Utah during that time, and they show both the resilience of Utahns and the struggles they faced.
1. The home and family of a Utah coal miner in Price.
2. An executive at Bingham Canyon Mine, 1942.
3. Teenagers in 1940's Snowville had to wash dishes much like Utah teens today (but without the benefit of a dishwasher).
4. Sweeping the kitchen in front of the kitchen stove.
5. When you're a farm kid in 1940, dinner is tasty!
6. The brakeman on an ore train at Bingham Canyon Mine.
7. Checking out the livestock in Box Elder County.
8. Future coal miners in Price.
9. A familiar scene in Box Elder County in 1940.
10. The Main Store in Tropic, 1940.
11. Visiting in the parlor.
12. Farmers posing with a manure spreader.
13. Mormon church in Mendon.
14. Mrs. Marinus Hansen of Box Elder County, shows off her shelves of home-grown canned goods.
15. Orion W. Snow and his son with their new tractor, purchased with a Farm Security Administration rehabilitation loan.
16. The peach harvest near Springdale, 1938.
17. School children in Santa Clara, 1940.
18. Women quilting in 1940.
19. Growing sweet corn in Snowville.
20. Listening to the World Series game in St. George.
I hope you enjoyed this rare look back at rural Utah during the Depression. Share your comments with us!
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