Farmer handling tobacco earth, hard and dry after hard rain and hot sun. Pittsylvania County, Virginia

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Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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Date

01/01/1940
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Delano, Jack, photographer
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Peytonsburg ,  36.82403, -79.16752
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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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