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Title: Barefoot Beason's Barn

Name: Print

Date: 1930-1939

Period: Depression Era

Country/Culture: American

Dimensions: 8" x 10 1/2" (20.3 x 26.6cm)

Edition: 13/50

Classification: Prints and Printing Plates

Credit Line: Transferred from the Applied Art Department, Iowa State University. In the permanent collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museusms, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Object Number: UM82.200

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A barn in ruins is seen being taken over by weeds. Scenes like this littered the farmlands of the Midwest and rural America during the Depression as farmers lost the ability to financially maintain their property and buildings.

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