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Summary
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Tags
illinois
herrin
nitrate negatives
lot 1097
arthur rothstein
ultra high resolution
high resolution
office of war information
farm security administration
united states history
great depression
library of congress
vendors
farmers
agriculture
Date
01/01/1939
Location
herrin
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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