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Higgins shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana. Hellcat of Higgins, an experimental PT (patrol-torpedo) type boat

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Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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01/01/1943
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Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
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louisiana
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Library of Congress
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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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