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Unpicked cotton lying in field in front of billboard offering to cash powder plant paychecks. Many, who in other years would be picking cotton, are now employed at the powder plant. Millington, Tennessee

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Unpicked cotton lying in field in front of billboard offering to cash powder plant paychecks. Many, who in other years would be picking cotton, are now employed at the powder plant. Millington, Tennessee

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01/01/1940
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Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
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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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