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Tobacco hung up to dry on porch of mountaineer's cabin. Near Jackson, Kentucky

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Tobacco hung up to dry on porch of mountaineer's cabin. Near Jackson, Kentucky

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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Date

01/01/1940
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Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer
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Dry Fork, 37.50796, -84.03807
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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

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