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Children of Mays Avenue camp pumping water from thirty-foot well which supplies about a dozen families. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Refer to general caption 21

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Children of Mays Avenue camp pumping water from thirty-foot well which supplies about a dozen families. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Refer to general caption 21

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Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, 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

Oklahoma City (Okla.), 35.46750, -97.51639

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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