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A family of agricultural day laborers eating dinner after a morning spent in chopping cotton. Though the fare of these people consists of the inexpensive and heavy starches, it is usually well prepared. This tent in which eight people lived was clean and neat. Notice the freshly combed hair of the youngsters. Near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma

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A family of agricultural day laborers eating dinner after a morning spent in chopping cotton. Though the fare of these people consists of the inexpensive and heavy starches, it is usually well prepared. This tent in which eight people lived was clean and neat. Notice the freshly combed hair of the youngsters. Near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma

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Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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Date

01/01/1939

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Contributors

Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

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Location

Webbers Falls, 35.51093, -95.12996

Google Map of 35.5109296, -95.1299597

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Source

Library of Congress

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http://www.loc.gov/

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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