South Dakota has a lot of farmland that has been in use for decades. Today farms are not run much differently than back then, just with updated technology, but there is still a lot of characteristics that make old farms special in their own unique ways. Take a look at these photographs of 10 farms from the 1930s and 1940s to see what it was like way back when:

1. "Wheat farm. Clark County, South Dakota," 1942
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2. "Homesteader in the land development area. Pennington County, South Dakota," 1936
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3. "Rounding up cattle during the first stages of blizzard. Lyman County, South Dakota," 1940
John Vachon/yale.edu
4. "Stock water dam under construction. Pennington County, South Dakota," 1936
Arthur Rothstein/yale.edu
5. "Sod house homestead on submarginal land purchased by United States Resettlement Administration. Pennington County, South Dakota," 1936
Arthur Rothstein/yale.edu

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6. Another sod house in the same county, 1936
Arthur Rothstein/yale.edu
7. "Cornfield. Brown County, South Dakota," 1940
John Vachon/yale.edu
8. "Cows going home. Ziebach County, South Dakota," 1942
John Vachon/yale.edu
9. "Farm in Mellette County, South Dakota," 1940
John Vachon/yale.edu
10. "Grazing country. Corson County, South Dakota," 1942
John Vachon/yale.edu

Many photos of South Dakota’s history still exist, including these photos from the Great Depression. It is truly fascinating to take a peek into the past and look at what life was like back then.

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