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Migrant vegetable pickers and packinghouse workers. The scramble for that rare commodity--work. The trailer is next to the packinghouse door so that its occupants may be the first. Belle Glade, Florida

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Migrant vegetable pickers and packinghouse workers. The scramble for that rare commodity--work. The trailer is next to the packinghouse door so that its occupants may be the first. Belle Glade, Florida

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Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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Date

01/01/1939

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Contributors

Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer

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Location

Belle Glade (Fla.), 26.68444, -80.66750

Google Map of 26.684444444444445, -80.6675

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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