Today We Rest From Our Labors

7 Sep 2015 By Susan Barsy in Living conditions Tags: 1940s, Farm Security Administration (FSA), Labor Day, photography, quilts, Russell Lee, women, Work and workers 6 Comments

A farmwoman in house dress outside, with quilt she made hanging next to her from a clothesline.

Mrs Bill Stagg of Pie Town, New Mexico, standing next to her quilt of the States, October 1940

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Our works merit celebration.
Happy Labor Day