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Summary
Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.)
Appears to be related to negative LC-USF33-030568-M3 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa1998013444/PP/
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
mississippi
mississippi delta
mileston
nitrate negatives
marion post wolcott
photo
day laborers
marcella plantation
ultra high resolution
high resolution
great depression
farm security administration
fsa
united states history
library of congress
Date
01/01/1939
Location
mileston
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