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Drought refugees from Oklahoma at work in the pea fields near Nipomo, California

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Drought refugees from Oklahoma at work in the pea fields near Nipomo, California

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer worker, 20th-century dust bowl, great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1937

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Lange, Dorothea, photographer

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Nipomo, 35.04275, -120.47600

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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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