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Taking a load of tobacco into the warehouse for the auction sale. Danville, Virginia

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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

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virginia danville nitrate negatives lot 1432 marion post wolcott photo auction sale ultra high resolution high resolution office of war information farm security administration united states history 1930s cars great depression 1940s 1940 s library of congress
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01/01/1940
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danville
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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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virginia danville nitrate negatives lot 1432 marion post wolcott photo auction sale ultra high resolution high resolution office of war information farm security administration united states history 1930s cars great depression 1940s 1940 s library of congress