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Summary
Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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north carolina
nitrate negatives
carolina city
photo
wife
farmer
roanoke
farms
roanoke farms
farm security administration
1930s
great depression
farm security administration photographs
united states history
1930 s
library of congress
Date
01/01/1938
Contributors
Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
Location
Carolina City
,
34.72488, -76.73966
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