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Unloading corn for storage. Fred Coulter farm. Grundy County, Iowa

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Public domain photograph of 1930s working-class Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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01/01/1939
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Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985, photographer
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Grundy Center (Iowa) ,  42.36167, -92.76861
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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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