The Schoenfeldt, a Russian-German family, raised turkeys on their farm in Sheridan County, Kansas in August 1939. Photojournalist Russell Lee took many photographs of the family as they went about their daily chores.
Family of Mr. Schoenfeldt, FSA (Farm Security Administration) client. Sheridan County, Kansas
Sod house of the Schoenfeldts, FSA (Farm Security Administration) clients. Sheridan County, Kansas
Mrs. Schoenfeldt, FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, in Sheridan County, Kansas, in fruit cellar
Mr. and Mrs. Schoenfeldt pulling beets from their tile garden, Sheridan County, Kansas. Tile gardens are a part of the FSA (Farm Security Administration) program in the former dust bowl
Mr. and Mrs. Schoenfeldt pulling beets from their tile garden, Sheridan County, Kansas. Tile gardens are a part of the FSA (Farm Security Administration) program in the former dust bowl
Mr. Shoenfeldt holding a watermelon grown in his tile garden. Tile gardens are an important part of the FSA (Farm Security Administration) subsistence farm program. He had vegetables and melons while his neighbors had none this year. Sheridan County, Kansas
Mrs. Schoenfeldt feeding her flock of chickens. She is wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) client in Sheridan County, Kansas
Tractor bought by FSA (Farm Security Administration) loan to German-Russian family in Sheridan County, Kansas. Mr. Schoenfeldt
Cows and horses belonging to Mr. Schoenfeldt, Russian-German FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, Sheridan County, Kansas
Mr. Schoenfeldt, FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, watering tile garden. Sheridan County, Kansas. This garden has provided him vegetables throughout the summer
Mrs. Shoenfeldt, wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, Sheridan County, Kansas. Chickens are an important part of live at home program for this family
Mr. and Mrs. Schoenfeldt, FSA (Farm Security Administration) clients, in Sheridan County, Kansas, with pressure cooker of which she is very proud
Mr. Shoenfeldt and son, FSA (Farm Security Administration) client in Sheridan County, Kansas, at entrance to fruit cellar which they built for six dollars and twenty cents
Driving in a flock of turkeys, Schoenfeldt farm, Russian-German FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, Sheridan County, Kansas
Turkeys on Schoenfeldt farm, Russian-German FSA (Farm Security Administration) client in Sheridan County, Kansas
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