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Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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Date

01/01/1937
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Contributors

Lange, Dorothea, photographer
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Location

North Shafter ,  35.51135, -119.28455
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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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