Four on the farm

You can get a good sense of how big the Spricks' farmhouse in the countryside outside Lake City, Minn., was in this undated photo. Note the pump just off the porch. No matter how bleak the scene, the Sprick women -- Annette, Kate, Florence and Grandma Sprick, in this case -- always wore dresses. Not long after this photo was taken, the Depression got the best of the farm, and it was auctioned off.