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July 1939. "Children of May Avenue camp, Oklahoma City. Their father is a trasher and they are playing with some things he picked up." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Seems like we don't see as many freckle-face kids anymore. Wonder why?
[Those aren't freckles. The boy has impetigo, or something like it. - Dave]
Today he would be called a picker, and he might get his own show.
That golf bag to the left appears to be in excellent condition. In today's collector's market it could easily go for $300-500.
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