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Merced County, California. Farm boys with sacks of seed peanuts

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Merced County, California. Farm boys with sacks of seed peanuts

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Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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01/01/1942

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Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

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Merced (Calif.), 37.30222, -120.48306

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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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