The photograph, the source, and the unknowns
The archive is not certain of the year, and neither are we: the record reads "1935 or 1936". Everyone here is at home, and only the man is named.
- Archive caption
- Bud Fields and his family at home
- Creator
- Walker Evans
- Date
- 1936
- Credit
- Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
- Rights
- US Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information collection — LoC states the contents are in the public domain and free to use and reuse; work of the US federal government · Public Domain Mark 1.0
- Source record
- Open the institution or repository record
This link carries its own context.
Walker Evans. “Bud Fields and his family at home.” 1936. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/item/96516419/. Viewed via Nostalgia Museum artifact 759, reviewed 22 August 2026. https://getnostalgia.ai/museum/artifact/QcEYXx4d87xRlzMp/759
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