1938 Halloween Party at FSA Migrant Camp
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The Farm Security Administration (FSA) was created during the Great Depression to assist poor farming families. Shaftner Camp for Migrants in California is an example of one of these settlements for Dust Bowl refugees. These photos show how the families celebrated Halloween in 1938.
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ohiowordguy
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:21pmI agree with the sentiments voiced above, but do want to point out this: Unfortunately, the food we eat today is a far cry from the food those folks ate.
Please understand that I am a capital “C” Conservative, and it was hard for me to accept in some ways but, our food industry today is what is making our kids fat and sick. It is not the quantity, but the quality.
Read the labels and educate yourself: Two ingredients you will find in almost everything are high fructose corn syrup and soy — cheap fillers that add taste. Processed foods have horrible additives and virtually no nutrition when compared to the “real” foods our parents and grandparents ate.
Well, I won’t rant here too much, but one of the reasons there were very few “fatties” until the last 25 years or so is because ADM, ConAgra, Monsanto, Tyson, federal bureaucrats and elected officials did not openly conspire to feed us “faux food.”
But..as Glenn says, “Don’t believe me, do your own research.”
Start with “A Life Unburdened,” by Richard Morris. *Wonderful* book and a great primer. Then, read “Everything I Want to Do is Illegal,” by Joel Salatin.
My best to you all…
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 8:52amI guess when youre hungry and there are no food stamps and welfare, white people will do migrant farm labor. End the welfare system amd enforce current immigration laws, and many of this countries problems, especially financial, crime and illegal immigration.
Report Post »kellied
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 1:32pmHey…. I like the way you think!!! Nice post.
Report Post »Lisa Caroline
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:58pmThere are a few smiling adults, but ya no smiling children. And notice how none of them are overweight? There wasn’t enough food to eat, so nobody got fat. But I bet some of them went hungry from time to time! If that’s the libs idea of keeping fit, it is really sick. By the time the libs realize that the idiocy they are spouting will one day be used on THEM AND THEIR OWN FAMILIES, it will be too late. Morons… all of them.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 8:57amThese pics are probably from here in the California San Joaquin Valley. The Grapes of Wrath was 20 miles from me. The federal water from the Ca Delta has been cut off and CA farmers ar being denied water for thier fields. This valley used to feed the nation. Now we buy from China , Mexico, Peru, and ??? instead of groming it ourselves. 40% unemployment and furrowed fields in Fresno County. Thanks Bover Feinstein, Pelosi, and Costa.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 8:59am(Boxer) Wow, I need to use my spell checker more. Sorry folks.
Report Post »miltonbastiat
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 9:17amthe FSA farmworker camps, such as the one shown here, did not allow people of color. thats why all the people in the pictures are white
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 7:07amE-gads….can you imagine someone putting on black face and being vaudville characters in today’s time of political correctness? I remember in the late 60′s still having the plastic faces that went with store bought costumes.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 7:23amBut no one was fat…..
Report Post »palmettopalflorida
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 8:02amWhat “Black Face?” Are you referring to the kid with the (appears to be) “Joan Crawford” mask?
Report Post »va_magoo
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 8:27amBlack face is in picture 8 of 12….
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NancyBee
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 8:35amThere are no smiles on these children’s faces.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 4:17amBLAZE – thanks for sharing this bit of history and reminding us that people can be decent, and celebrate life without lots of money and the latest gadgets.
Report Post »kellied
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 1:37pmYes, thanks…… It just takes the truth to get our blood boiling. All we crave is the truth. We can take it from there.
Report Post »oldschoolgreen
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 2:00amAnd this was in ‘38. New deal was first passed in ‘32, six years earlier! What makes anyone anywhere think that TARP or a Jobs Bill or any other Keynesian pipe dream will work/ Its been tried ad nauseaum. IT DOESN”T WORK!!! IT ONLY MAKES THINGS WORSE!!!
Report Post »iAMaMOTHER
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:17amI’m pretty sure this was Shafter, CA. If you combine these pictures with Grapes of Wrath, you’ll get a complete idea of what these kids went through.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 12:27amPoor kids… and their little cups! And, this is all FDR and the US Gov’t could do?
Report Post »MASTER YODA
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:15amThat’s where we are heading. obummer still doing an end run around congress and the American people. Will we every wake up from this nightmare? Yes, one more year.
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