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Young son of sharecropper family, New Madrid County, Missouri

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Young son of sharecropper family, New Madrid County, Missouri

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01/01/1938

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Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

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New Madrid, 36.58645, -89.52785

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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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