Captured in 1936 near the Tennessee River, this poignant image shows a Depression-era mother in a flour sack dress, cradling her baby. They were part of a large family of nine, living in a field along U.S. Route 70. This photo reminds us of the resilience and hardships faced during that challenging time in American history. It's a powerful testament to the strength and determination of families who persevered through economic turmoil. Let's honor their legacy by remembering the resilience of those who came before us.

looks like AI is at it again.

That's "white privilege" on display in that pic.

Lower right hand corner there is a symbol and Grok

Grok is an AI Chatbot so pretty sure this is an AI generated image.

The wood on that shack is pine. Pine wasn't even invented until the 50's.

…. Kids feet more screwed up than Vinke’s lol

LOL

I give up

See the circled part, Scott? That's the symbol for Elon Musk's AI generator. That's how you can tell it's not real.

Yep...AI just has a typical "signature look " to me anyway. This one is pretty much ok except for that foot. The shot is slightly "coloured " , like the old time sepias.

If you notice there is no cats in the picture, that is because they already ate them!

My mom and dad grew up in that era. My mom never had a store bought dress until she was 21. All her clothes were from flour sacks.
When my mom and dad were married, if they both left at the same time and weren't there to watch the place they would come home to less chickens than they had before.

Probably don't need to be showing pictures of the Hooverville times as you will be discredited as publishing fake news. That could never happen again, well lets pray not ! Please don't show us bad things, just tell us good things, lol.

LOL, reminds me of the movie Traded. About a girl that ran off to be a Harvey Girl. Long story short when her dad caught up to the big tycoon of the city and was killing him it showed a plywood floor beneath them from the late 1800's era. Just for a second it kinda ruins the train of thought for the viewer, lol.
Or be watching a good western and see a high voltage 3 phase power line in the distance, lol. Still it doesn't change the past !

Hey don’t be down in the dumps. At least you’re making an attempt.
None of my posts are relevant whatsoever.
And I don’t research anything before I open my big mouth. I just vomit out posts based solely on how many beers I had and what I am interested in at the moment

Maybe his baby picture?

Folks 80-90 years ago bought flour in 50 pound bags. When the flour makers realized poor people were making clothing out of the empty sacks, they began to use floral print on the bags. I remember sleeping at my Grandparents house in the 1960’s…the bed sheets made from were colored flour sacks. The mattress and pillows were stuffed with chicken feathers.

I saw a young women wearing a similar dress just the other day! LOL

Lol…. There’s some folks in the bottoms over here that would consider them Sunday go to meetin clothes

… and their feet look like that too lol

Early 17th century
Pine trees in Maine have been harvested since the early 17th century, with the first sawmills established in 1634. The lumber industry flourished, and by 1850, most of the accessible virgin pine was cut. The lumber production peaked in 1909, and the white pine tree was designated as the official state tree in 1945. Today, Maine remains a significant producer of white pine lumber, contributing greatly to the state's economy.

…don’t be too hard on ADC … I’m sure he wasn’t cracking a joke … just a little ignorant when it comes to the invention of pine trees

The photo does have very nice detail but pictures have been digitalized and enhanced for a long time doesnt mean they're fake

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True, but the fact that it has a copyright from an artificial intelligence generator in the lower right hand corner, highly suggests that it may, just possibly, be fake.

They had pine boards back long before that time frame of 1950 way back in the 17th century.

Here’s a short 1964 clip from CBS’s Charles Kuralt ….Christmas in Appalachia . These folks were dirt poor.

… exactly…. Thomas Edison invented them waaay back in the day

Both wrong,
Isaac Newton invented to pine boards

Bruce, ADC was joking. There's been pine boards used for building for many thousands of years. The first pine was worked with stone tools.

Scott, don't feel bad for not realizing it's an AI picture. The images were very likely made from data from real, historic pictures. AI is going to keep rapidly getting better. Very soon, without looking at the actual data used to create the picture, decent AI pictures will be indistinguishable from real photographs. Eventually there will be no.way to tell. Please keep up your Old History Photo posts. I enjoy them.

Keith

Wow.

BS, It was Tesla! LOL

AC/DC ?

No wait, that was a band.

Wuss…….

And the kid is cross-eyed. Not to be poking fun.

First hand knowledge or something copy and pasted from the computer? Given the technology and infrastructure at the time, I doubt any logging done in the 1600 and 1700's put much of a dent in the supply. I doubt there was much logging done that was over a couple of miles from the mills.

Yeah, lead paint sure tasted the best.