Children Playing with Boats in Grundy Center, Iowa, April 1940

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Courtesy of Library of Congress, Vachon, John, "Children playing with boats, Grundy Center, Iowa," April 1940

Description

The image shows three children from Grundy Center, Iowa, playing outside with toy boats. The 1940 photograph was taken by John Vachon, an employee of the Farm Security Administration, who was employed to publicize the conditions of the rural poor in America.

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• What did children do for play at this time?
• How is play similar or different from today?

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Vachon, John, "Children playing with boats, Grundy Center, Iowa," April 1940. Courtesy of Library of Congress