The original caption for this photograph reads: “Vernon Evans family leaving S.D. drought area for west. Expect to arrive at Yakima, Wash. in time for [hop-picking]. They make about 200 miles a day and live in a tent. Picture taken in Montana.” The image comes from the Farm Security Administration.
Family Leaving South Dakota Drought Area for the West
- 1935
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This primary source comes from the Collection FDR-PHOCO: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs.
National Archives Identifier: 196413
Full Citation: Photograph 66174(23); Farm Security Administration-Resettlement Administration: Vernon Evans family leaving South Dakota drought area for west; 1935; Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, 1882 – 1962; Collection FDR-PHOCO: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs,; Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, NY. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/leaving-south-dakota/, February 21, 2026]
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