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A 12-year-old girl in a family of nine cooks a meal in a rude, open lean-to hut in Tennessee. The family lives in an open field near the Tennessee River. Photograph by Carl Mydans, 1936. View full size.
The first definition of "rude" in the dictionary actually uses the word hut: "Rude (adj) 1. crude or rough in form or workmanship [a rude hut]." The first definition of "crude" is "in a raw or natural condition." In any case that's the original caption as written by the photographer.
I think your caption should read "cooks a meal in a crude open lean-to hut," not a rude one.
...don't know how good they got it, shoes...running water...'lectricty etc.
…in this photo, at the left edge.
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