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Public domain photograph of the 1930s, United States, cars, streets, John Kennedy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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01/01/1940
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Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer
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Alexandria (La.) ,  31.31139, -92.44500
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Library of Congress
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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

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Close-up of car from Mississippi used for sleeping as well as shelter and traveling. Evidences of cooking outside are beside it. On highway near Camp Livingston. Alexandria, Louisiana

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Twenty truckloads of corn were sent as a gift from the farmers of Livingston County, Illinois to southeastern Illinois flood counties. Near Carmi, Illinois

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Alexandria National Cemetery, 209 East Shamrock Street, Pineville, Rapides Parish, LA

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