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Transporting tobacco from warehouse after auction sale to the cigarette factories and storage warehouse. Danville, Virginia
Summary
Public domain photograph of the 1930s, United States, cars, streets, John Kennedy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1940
Contributors
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer
Location
Danville, 36.58597, -79.39502
Source
Library of Congress
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
