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Adjusting the bale of cotton in the jaws of the compressor. Houston, Texas

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Adjusting the bale of cotton in the jaws of the compressor. Houston, Texas

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1939
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Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
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South Houston (Tex.), 29.66306, -95.23556
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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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