Poster, "Rural Slums on Worn Out Land," Resettlement Administration, 1935-1936

The Resettlement Administration (1935-6), a New Deal program, sought to relieve both urban and rural poverty by relocating struggling families to new, planned communities. Poor farming practices had depleted large areas of the United States, contributing to widespread loses in soil fertility. This poster encourages poor farm families to move from these regions of "worn out" soil to new communities.