Former squatters and lumberjacks from the Beltrami Island area in Northern Minnesota

Black and white photograph of former squatters and lumberjacks from the Beltrami Island area in Northern Minnesota, 1939.

Description

Former squatters and lumberjacks from the Beltrami Island area in Northern Minnesota. When the land was bought up by the government, this home-Northern Minnesota Pioneers' Home-was established. All these men are over seventy." Photographed by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration in 1939.

Public domain

Holding Location

Library of Congress

More Information

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/fsa2000040934/PP/

Articles

Beltrami Island Project

Topics

Agriculture
Environment