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Published December 06, 2008, 12:00 AM

The Great Depression Photo Gallery


Ida Carpenter, at her home in Mitchell.

(Laura Wehde/Republic)

  • Ida Carpenter, at her home in Mitchell. <br /><br />(Laura Wehde/Republic)
  • Ida Carpenter, at her home in Mitchell. (Laura Wehde/Republic)
  • Ida Carpenter shows the diamond that belonged to her late her mother-in-law, who died from complications caused by dust storms during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. Carpenter's late husband, Lyle, gave the diamond to her. <br /><br />(Laura Wehde/Republic)
  • Ida Carpenter, at her home in Mitchell. <br /><br />(Laura Wehde/Republic)
  • Ida Carpenter, on a horse during the Great Depression. Carpenter used the horse to herd cattle in ditches, where the grass was sometimes more plentiful than the pastures. <br /><br />(Photo courtesy of Ida Carpenter)
  • Ida6: Ida Carpenter's late husband, Lyle, shows off his new Civilian Conservation Corps clothes in this 1930s photo. <br /><br />(Photo courtesy of Ida Carpenter)
  • Laura Wehde/Republic<br /><br />Harold Tiede, whose 90th birthday is today, was raised on a farm four miles south of Parkston. “It was tough, but nobody died of starvation,” he said. “Things went on, and of course, it got better again.”
  • Harold Tiede at the Avera Bormann Manor, Parkston.
  • Harold Tiede at the Avera Bormann Manor, Parkston.
  • Harold Tiede at the Avera Bormann Manor, Parkston.
  • Grace Satterlee, 87, of Avera Brady Assisted Living in Mitchell recalls memories of the Great Depression and the decade that became known as the Dirty ’30s.
  • Grace Satterlee, 87, of Avera Brady Assisted Living in Mitchell recalls memories of the Great Depression and the decade that became known as the Dirty ’30s.
  • Grace Satterlee, 87, of Avera Brady Assisted Living in Mitchell recalls memories of the Great Depression and the decade that became known as the Dirty ’30s.
  • Grace Satterlee, 87, of Avera Brady Assisted Living in Mitchell recalls memories of the Great Depression and the decade that became known as the Dirty ’30s.
  • Walter Schramm of Winner talks about what life was like during the Great Depression.
  • Walter Schramm of Winner talks about what life was like during the Great Depression.
  • Walter Schramm of Winner talks about what life was like during the Great Depression.
  • Walter Schramm of Winner talks about what life was like during the Great Depression.
  • Walter Schramm of Winner talks about what life was like during the Great Depression.
  • Stella Pretty Sounding Flute, of Fort Thompson, talks about reservation life during the Great Depression. (Laura Wehde/Republic)
  • Stella Pretty Sounding Flute, of Fort Thompson, talks about reservation life during the Great Depression. (Laura Wehde/Republic)
  • Stella Pretty Sounding Flute, of Fort Thompson, talks about reservation life during the Great Depression. (Laura Wehde/Republic)