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A black and white photo of a train on a track, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

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Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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chaplin nitrate negatives photo coal miners coal miners motor wires patch farm security administration 1930s great depression history of west virginia united states history industrial history coal mines and mining mining industry 1930 s library of congress west virginia railway photo archive
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01/01/1938
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Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer
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chaplin
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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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chaplin nitrate negatives photo coal miners coal miners motor wires patch farm security administration 1930s great depression history of west virginia united states history industrial history coal mines and mining mining industry 1930 s library of congress west virginia railway photo archive