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Day laborer picking cotton on Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Day laborers picking cotton on Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

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Summary

Title and other information from caption card.

Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

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mississippi mississippi delta mileston nitrate negatives lot 1648 marion post wolcott photo day laborers marcella plantation ultra high resolution high resolution office of war information farm security administration united states history farming library of congress
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Date

01/01/1939
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Location

mileston
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Source

Library of Congress
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Link

https://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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mississippi mississippi delta mileston nitrate negatives lot 1648 marion post wolcott photo day laborers marcella plantation ultra high resolution high resolution office of war information farm security administration united states history farming library of congress