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Burlington, Iowa. Acres unit, FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp. Barker family in their trailer

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Public domain photograph of America during the Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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iowa des moines county burlington safety film negatives acres unit acres unit fsa farm security administration farm security administration trailer camp trailer camp barker great depression photographs great depression american farmers library of congress
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01/01/1942
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Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
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Burlington ,  40.80754, -91.11292
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

label_outline Explore Acres Unit, Trailer Camp, Barker

Civilian protection. An emergency unit gives first aid in the field and examines the victim of a fallen bomb. After treatment, he will be quickly evacuated to the nearest hospital or bandaged and turned over to an emergency housing unit. The "M.D." next to the caduceus on the doctor's armband indicated that he is a registered physician

Applicants at registration tent on opening day of mobile unit (FSA - Farm Security Administration). Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. General caption number 62

A black and white photo of men working in a field, possibly related to: Baling hay on the Mary E. Jones place of about 140 acres. The sons W.E. and R.E. Jones own ninty-nine and sixty acres respectively. There are eight mules on the entire place, two cows, and this year, forty acres in tobacco--no cotton. They have owned it about forty years. It is on Route No. 91, about two miles from Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina

Children of migrants sitting in doorway of trailer, Edinburg, Texas

Washington, D.C. Preparing the defense bond sales photomural, to be installed in the Grand Central terminal, New York, in the visual unit of the FSA (Farm Security Administration). Laying out finished prints for inspection

Fort Riley, Kansas. Cavalry unit charging during a sham battle

Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Practicing the loading of a simulated wreck onto a C-3 truck and trailer. An old P-39 was used for the demonstration

Privy behind church at "Eighty Acres." Glassboro, New Jersey

Clifford Beason examining a sample of corn raised in 1936. The corn in this crib represents total crop from two hundred thirty acres of corn in five hundred twenty acre farm. His estimate of the crop is thirty-five bushels. Iowa

Production. War housing trailers. The side of a war housing trailer nears completion on a table-top jig at Western Trailer Company's plant in Los Angeles. Exceptional strength is secured through built-up construction of Masonite over plywood with a casein bond. The side is secured to spacers with drive screws

Guest of Sarasota trailer park, Sarasota, Florida, at the beach with her family

White migrant mother with daughter in door of trailer home near Weslaco, Texas

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iowa des moines county burlington safety film negatives acres unit acres unit fsa farm security administration farm security administration trailer camp trailer camp barker great depression photographs great depression american farmers library of congress