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Summary
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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missouri
new madrid county
southeast missouri farms
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sharecropper
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library of congress
Date
01/01/1938
Contributors
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
Location
missouri
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