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Worker winding cotton thread onto large spools. Laurel cotton mills, Laurel, Mississippi

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Worker winding cotton thread onto large spools. Laurel cotton mills, Laurel, Mississippi

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Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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Date

01/01/1939
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Contributors

Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
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Location

jones county
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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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