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American Gothic is a 1930 painting by Grant Wood in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.A character study of a man and a woman portrayed in front of a home, American Gothic is one of the most famous American paintings of the 20th century, and has been widely parodied in American popular culture.
A poultry farmer is one who concentrates on raising chickens, turkeys, ducks or geese, for either meat, egg or feather production, or commonly, all three. A person who raises a variety of vegetables for market may be called a truck farmer or market gardener. Dirt farmer is an American colloquial term for a practical farmer, or one who farms his ...
The picture depicts three young men standing in an empty landscape, wearing fine suits, hats and canes. All the three men are still and facing the camera, being caught on their action of going to a dance in a nearby village. Despite the title, the picture does not actually depict real farmers.
Both the 1940 and 1975 columns share elements not included in the speech such as the statement that a farmer's wife won't let him starve. [9] [10] In the "So God Made a Farmer" speech and Harvey's 1986 column, only two phrases and a few words remain from Blackwood's 1940 piece including the phrase, "can shape an axe handle from a persimmon sprout".
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Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm. Cimarron County, OK, April 1936. This is a restored version of an already incredibly poignant image (you can't help but wonder what happened to those kids, can you?). I'm not really looking for featured picture status but rather for useful feedback.