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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-USF33-006095-M2 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa1997016433/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
natchez
nitrate negatives
ben shahn
united states resettlement administration
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
great depression
farm security administration
fsa
1930s
united states history
workers
industrial history
1930 s
library of congress
Date
01/01/1935
Location
mississippi
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