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Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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01/01/1941
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Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
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Grand Junction (Colo.) ,  39.06389, -108.55056
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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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