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Cotton picking in south Texas. Great Depression public domain photograph.

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Public domain photograph of construction site, excavation works, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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01/01/1936
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Lange, Dorothea, photographer
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W D Ranch Lake Dam ,  28.52026, -100.39035
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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

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