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Oklahoman, worked three years as farm laborer, starts next year on his own place. Quit school after third day. Can neither read nor write. Is "best farm laborer" this farmer ever had. Near Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon

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Oklahoman, worked three years as farm laborer, starts next year on his own place. Quit school after third day. Can neither read nor write. Is "best farm laborer" this farmer ever had. Near Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon

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Summary

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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Date

01/01/1939

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Contributors

Lange, Dorothea, photographer

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Location

Ontario Heights, 44.07044, -117.02350

Google Map of 44.0704411, -117.0234977

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Source

Library of Congress

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http://www.loc.gov/

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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