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Pontoon [bridge] across Appomattox Creek (i.e. River)

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A black and white photo of a man with a shovel. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man on a tractor. Office of War Information Photograph

Food in England. Women in Britain's Land Army help to maintain the fertility of British soil in preparation for crops. These volunteers come from every walk of life

A man standing next to a horse pulling a wagon filled with hay. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man plowing a field. Office of War Information Photograph

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A black and white photo of a group of people carrying hay. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man plowing a field with a horse. Office of War Information Photograph

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Food in England. Members of the Women's Land Army in Britain help drain marshy land to provide extra arable acreage and grazing ground. With three large drag-line machines they are preparing 4,000 acres of soggy Devon land for grazing

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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united kingdom england devon nitrate negatives membury devon england food members women land army land army britain drain marshy drain marshy land acreage ground drag line machines drag line machines acres devon land 1940 s women farm security administration devon england 1940 s united states history library of congress
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01/01/1943
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United States. Office of War Information.
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Membury (Devon, England) ,  50.81667, -3.01667
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Library of Congress
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Massa' Massas in de cold, cold ground

Clifford Beason examining a sample of corn raised in 1936. The corn in this crib represents total crop from two hundred thirty acres of corn in five hundred twenty acre farm. His estimate of the crop is thirty-five bushels. Iowa

San Benito County, California. Low foothills which are grazing ground for cattle and sheep

Klishevo collective farm, near Moscow, USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). A group of women collective farmers replace the men who have left for the front

Workers at work, most are sitting behind sewing machines.

Switch boxes on the firewalls of B-25 bombers are assembled by women workers at North American [Aviation, Inc.]'s Inglewood, Calif., plant

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united kingdom england devon nitrate negatives membury devon england food members women land army land army britain drain marshy drain marshy land acreage ground drag line machines drag line machines acres devon land 1940 s women farm security administration devon england 1940 s united states history library of congress