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Sons of day laborers. Some of their fathers were agricultural workers and some were dispossessed tenant farmers now on WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration). The WPA work is holding many of these former tenant farmers in their communities, but they are all potential migrants. None of these children had ever attended school. The camp was near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma

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Sons of day laborers. Some of their fathers were agricultural workers and some were dispossessed tenant farmers now on WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration). The WPA work is holding many of these former tenant farmers in their communities, but they are all potential migrants. None of these children had ever attended school. The camp was near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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Date

01/01/1939

person

Contributors

Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

place

Location

Webbers Falls, 35.51093, -95.12996

Google Map of 35.5109296, -95.1299597

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

http://www.loc.gov/

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Copyright info

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