Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Grape arbor amid zinnias, Dean farm, Eden Prairie

Families lost their homes in record numbers during the Great Depression. Like the Dean family, many relocated, looking for a fresh start. This picture shows the Dean family's zinnia crop on their small farm in Eden Prairie, ca. mid-1930s.

Publisher: Mary Joy Dean Breton, used with permission.
Date: 1933

Grape arbor amid zinnias, Dean farm, Eden Prairie