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A couple of men standing in front of a trailer. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp for defense workers, situated a quarter mile from General Electric plant in Erie, Pennsylvania. There are 200 trailers here, occupied by childless couples and by families of one or two children

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In a trailer camp in Childersburg, Alabama. Many workmen and their families living here are either waiting for job openings or already have jobs at the nearby powder plant

A black and white photo of a woman sitting in front of a camper. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people sitting around a camper. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of campers. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people sitting around a camper. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of an old camper. Office of War Information Photograph

Childersburg, Alabama. Trailer camp where defense workers from the Dupont powder plant live. Rent is three dollars a month

Childersburg, Alabama. Trailer camp where defense workers from the Dupont powder plant live. Rent is three dollars a month

Kymulga trailer park built to accomodate workers as a result of the expected increase of employment at the nearby powder plant. Near Childersburg, Alabama

In a trailer camp in Childersburg, Alabama. Many workmen and their families living here are either waiting for job openings or already have jobs at the nearby powder plant

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Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a child of a farmer, migrant worker, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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Date

01/01/1941
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Delano, Jack, photographer
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Childersburg (Ala.) ,  33.27806, -86.35500
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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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Squatters' shacks along the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. Many of the men living here during the winter work in the nearby orchards of the Williamette and Yakima Valley in the summer

Ogden Arsenal, Black Powder Screening Building, 7745 Navajo Way, Layton, Davis County, UT

A black and white photo of a group of women holding signs. Office of War Information Photograph

Las Vegas, Nevada. A rear view of some of the structures of the Basic Magnesium Incorporated plant, showing part of the completed buildings already being used for the production of the lightest of all metals for use in aircraft and other wartime manufacturing. Two workmen are walking in the foreground

Each family in trailer has own electric meter box. Trailer camp on U.S. 1 outside of Alexandria, Virginia

Wife of torpedo plant worker talks with her neighbor. Trailer camp in Alexandria, Virginia

Ditch for sewer pipe at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp for workmen at the Umatilla ordnance depot. Hermiston, Oregon

Oregon, Marion county, near West Stayton. Many children work in the bean harvest, as in the Oregon hop harvest. See "Pick for your supper." Sidel, Nation Child Labor Committee. General caption number 46

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Wife of a construction worker from Camp Croft. They live in a trailer camp near Spartanburg, South Carolina

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