One of the children of M. Viera, Portuguese FSA (Farm Security Administration) client and truck gardener. Mr. Viera runs a small truck farm but in the winter tries to find some outside employment. At the moment he is working at the Newport torpedo station, Portsmouth, Rhode Island

Mrs. M. Vieta, Portuguese wife of a FSA (Farm Security Administration) client. At present she is looking after the farm and the children while her husband works at the torpedo station in Newport. Portsmouth, Rhode Island

Mr. Manuel Lameida, Portuguese FSA (Farm Security Administration) client in Tiverton, Rhode Island. He comes from Saint Michael Island, Portugal. Now runs a small truck farm. Shown with him is his daughter

Mrs. D'Achioli and her sister. They run a truck farm and are FSA (Farm Security Administration) clients. There are fourteen in the family, some of whom help out by working in the mills. Johnston, Rhode Island

Manuel J. Roberts, Portugese FSA (Farm Security Administration) client near Falmouth, Massachusetts. He has a ten-acre truck farm, goes scalloping in the fall and takes in tourists in the summer

One of the children of M. Viera, Portuguese FSA (Farm Security Administration) client and truck gardener. Mr. Viera runs a small truck farm but in the winter tries to find some outside employment. At the moment he is working at the Newport torpedo station, Portsmouth, Rhode Island

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Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1940

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Contributors

Delano, Jack, photographer

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Location

newport county

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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

One of the children of M. Viera, Portuguese FSA (Farm Security Administration) client and truck gardener. Mr. Viera runs a small truck farm but in the winter tries to find some outside employment. At the moment he is working at the Newport torpedo station, Portsmouth, Rhode Island

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One of the children of M. Viera, Portuguese FSA (Farm Security Administration) client and truck gardener. Mr. Viera runs a small truck farm but in the winter tries to find some outside employment. At the moment he is working at the Newport torpedo station, Portsmouth, Rhode Island

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