Shorpy pic of the day; Moving to Mexico: 1941

[Dennis Donovan]

August 1941. "Mrs. Myrtle Higgins of Leraysville, New York, with some of the belongings she has packed preparing to move out of the area being taken over by the Army. Mrs. Higgins has been selling eggs and berries in the town, and her son added to her $2 a week income by working in a junkyard in Watertown. She is moving to a farm near Mexico, New York." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration

https://www.shorpy.com/node/24342

Being a history nut, I visit the site a lot. Wonderful, restored photographs in hi-resolution.

[Marcuse]

1. Eminent domain for Pine Camp, now Fort Drum.

[Dennis Donovan]

3. Yes, one of thousands displaced over the years by this method.

[melman]

2. Shorpy is the best

I could spend hours on there.