Civil Rights & Labor History Consortium | Photo and Document Gallery | Great Depression in Washington State | Dorothea Lange in Yakima Valley | Chris Adolf. "My father made me work... I learned about farming but nothing out of the books.".

Washington, Yakima Valley, near Wapato. Rural rehabilitation client (Farm Security Administration). Portrait of Chris Adolf. "My father made me work. That was his mistake, he made me work too hard. I learned about farming but nothing out of the books.". Photograph from the Library of Congress American Memory collection for the Great Depression in Washington State Project.

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