1. Small-Town Life 1930s Illinois & the Midwest
Images from the Library of Congress

2. Church. Energy, Illinois.

3. A typical rural Illinois community church
A typical rural Illinois community church. Perryton Township, Mercer County, Illinois.

4. House in Ottawa, Illinois.

5. House in Shawneetown, Illinois.

6. School, Herrin, Illinois.

7. A farmer comes to town. Shawneetown, Illinois.

8. Horses and wagon tied to hitching post. Joy, Illinois.

9. The main street of Shawneetown, Illinois.

10. Sign in store selling out, Aledo, Illinois.

11. Smalltown volunteer fire department at work. Aledo, Illinois.

12. In front of a grocery store. Shawneetown, Illinois.

13. Old man on the street in Shawneetown, Illinois.

14. Woman sitting in front of a grocery store. Shawneetown, Illinois.

15. Street scene in Danville, Illinois.

16. Cupboard in Eldorado, Illinois residence.

17. Mrs. Oscar Gaither and two of her five children in their farmhouse near McLeansboro, Illinois. Gaither is a tenant farmer of eighty acres.

18. Mother and daughter, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrowers. They run the farm by themselves. Grant County, Illinois.

19. Wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower sewing a quilt. Grant County, Illinois.

20. FSA (Farm Security Administration) tenant purchase borrower and family
FSA (Farm Security Administration) tenant purchase borrower and family. Crawford County, Illinois.

21. Wife and child of FSA (Farm Security Administration) tenant purchase borrower, Crawford County, Illinois.

22. Farmer in town, Saturday afternoon, Steele, Missouri.