Elm Grove: 1936 | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive

Shorpy “Always’ Something Interesting” is right on. There are wonderful discoveries in every historical photo.

Here is one that struck home – adaptive reuse in 1936. Humbling.

Elm Grove: 1936

August 1936. “People living in miserable poverty. Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.” A good (or bad) example of the Depression-era shantytowns known as Hoovervilles. Medium-format negative by Dorothea Lange. View Full Size

via Elm Grove: 1936 | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive.