I don’t know about you, but I enjoy looking at vintage photos of the Hoosier state. Everything from a family picture from the 1930s to what a place of business looked like intrigues me. I did some digging and found some pretty awesome pictures on what life in Indiana looked like back in the 1930s. I hope you will enjoy these pictures as much as I did!

1. Here is a mother and her child on a homestead in Decatur, Indiana.
Library of Congress - LC-USF33-T01-000619 - Carl Mydans
2. Check out this sinage from 1937 in Kentland!
Library of Congress - LC-USF33-T01-001033 - John Vachon
3. This is what the bulletin board at the Martin County courthouse looked like in 1938.
Library of Congress - LC-USF33-T01-002754 - Arthur Rothstein
4. This one is a dairy farm in Wabash Farms, Indiana! How cool!
Library of Congress - LC-USF33-002774 - Arthur Rothstein
5. Here is what Turkey Run looked like in the 1930s!
Library of Congress - LC-USF33-003538 - Arthur Rothstein
6. Someone took a picture of advertisements posted in a hardware store in Nashville in 1935!
Library of Congress - LC-USF33-004031 - Theodor Jung
7. Here is a gorgeous family in Brown County from the 1930s.
Library of Congress - LC-DIG-fsa-8a13989 - Theodor Jung

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8. These are the same children from the family in the previous picture. They don't look so happy to be getting their pictures taken!
Library of Congress - LC-USF33-004041 - Theodor Jung
9. He is threshing oats in Clayton, Indiana.
Library of Congress - LC-USF34-T01-009720 - Dorothea Lange
10. This is a man and his wife serving his neighbors lunch after they helped the move near Shadeland in 1937.
Library of Congress - LC-USF34-010377 - Russell Lee
11. Check out this poultry house near Fowler, Indiana in 1937!
Library of Congress - LC-USF341-T-010513 - Russell Lee
12. This child is weaving a rug for their farmhouse near Battle Ground, Indiana.
Library of Congress - LC-USF34-010529 - Russell Lee
13. Here is a group of children getting on their school bus! Neat!
Library of Congress - LC-USF34-010707 - Russell Lee
14. This one is a picture of a woman buying groceries at a grocery store in Blankenship in 1938.
Library of Congress - LC-USF34-026463 - Arthur Rothstein

What do you think about what life in Indiana looked like in the 1930s? Were you around in the 1930s? Maybe your parents or grandparents were? I’d love to here some of your family stories in the comments section! Please share this piece with anyone who you think might appreciate it!

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