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Summary
Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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california
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plums
peaches
history of bakersfield california
american farmers
library of congress
Date
01/01/1940
Contributors
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
Location
Cisco
,
39.30157, -120.54687
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