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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
Temp. note: usf34batch8
Film copy on SIS roll 13, frame 1051.
Tags
florida
okaloosa county
escambia farms
safety film negatives
lot 64
john collier
photo
land
office of war information
farm security administration
united states history
farming
library of congress
Date
01/01/1942
Location
escambia farms
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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