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Floyd Swick, welder from Newton, Kansas worked in oil fields about ten years; cutting tool joints off a drill pipe in Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kansas

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Floyd Swick, welder from Newton, Kansas worked in oil fields about ten years; cutting tool joints off a drill pipe in Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kansas

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Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1941

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Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer

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County Acres, 37.69890, -97.43199

Google Map of 37.6989024, -97.4319903

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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