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Mr. W.H. Holmes, a renter on the Wray place, plowing sweet potatoes, Greene County, Georgia

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Mrs. W.H. Holmes and helper picking sweet potatoes in field. They are renters on the Wray place. Wrayswood, Greene County, Georgia

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1941
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Delano, Jack, photographer
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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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