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General view of Kern migrant camp, California

General view of Kern migrant camp, California

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Some of the facilities of the Kern County migrant camp, California

Some of the facilities of the Kern County migrant camp, California

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Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, talking with one of the members. California

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, talking with one of the mem...

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Halloween party at Shafter migrant camp, California

Halloween party at Shafter migrant camp, California

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Watching ball game. Shafter migrant camp. California

Watching ball game. Shafter migrant camp. California

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Tire on branch of tree near Harlingen, Texas

Tire on branch of tree near Harlingen, Texas

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Twelve-year-old girl keeps house in trailer for her three brothers who are migrant workers, near Harlingen, Texas

Twelve-year-old girl keeps house in trailer for her three brothers who...

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A grandmother in a migrant camp. Stanislaus County, California. "Been in California fourteen months. From Oklahoma. The main thing is to get our families located and quieted down. Ain't no use to send them back; it's a waste of money. They won't stay."

A grandmother in a migrant camp. Stanislaus County, California. "Been ...

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Rear of car with grub wagon attached near Harlingen, Texas

Rear of car with grub wagon attached near Harlingen, Texas

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Atmosphere shot of migrant camp, Weslaco, Texas

Atmosphere shot of migrant camp, Weslaco, Texas

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White migrant carrying mattress across fence near Harlingen, Texas

White migrant carrying mattress across fence near Harlingen, Texas

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Unloading household goods from trailer in process of setting up camp near Harlingen, Texas

Unloading household goods from trailer in process of setting up camp n...

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White migrants camped near Harlingen, Texas

White migrants camped near Harlingen, Texas

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Articles on bureau top of trailer home of white migrant. Weslaco, Texas

Articles on bureau top of trailer home of white migrant. Weslaco, Texa...

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Near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest. This field owned by proprietor of adjoining grocery store who allows workers to camp here rent-free. Approximately sixty families were living in camp

Near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. Migratory labor housing d...

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Sanitary facilities in camp of carrot pullers. Near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California

Sanitary facilities in camp of carrot pullers. Near Holtville, Imperia...

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White migrant woman taking out garments for baby. Shantytown on Nueces Bay, Corpus Christi, Texas

White migrant woman taking out garments for baby. Shantytown on Nueces...

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Calipatria, Imperial County. Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp. Tent space fifty cents a week. California

Calipatria, Imperial County. Living conditions for migratory laborers ...

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Calipatria, Imperial County. Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp. Tent space fifty cents a week

Calipatria, Imperial County. Living conditions for migratory laborers ...

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A child of white migrant in her playhouse. The rusted scales represented a clock to the little girl. Near Harlingen, Texas

A child of white migrant in her playhouse. The rusted scales represent...

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Tying iron reinforcement bars together before pouring concrete at migrant camp under construction at Sinton, Texas

Tying iron reinforcement bars together before pouring concrete at migr...

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Sunday school. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

Sunday school. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

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Sunday school. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

Sunday school. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

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High school students. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

High school students. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

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Children in nursery. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

Children in nursery. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

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Migrant field worker. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

Migrant field worker. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

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Newly-constructed migrant camp. Firebaugh, California

Newly-constructed migrant camp. Firebaugh, California

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Bingo game. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

Bingo game. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

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Interior of labor home showing handicraft work. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

Interior of labor home showing handicraft work. Tulare migrant camp. V...

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Children waiting their turn on slide. Shafter migrant camp. Shafter, California

Children waiting their turn on slide. Shafter migrant camp. Shafter, C...

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Laundry equipment is in constant use. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

Laundry equipment is in constant use. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, Ca...

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Ironing equipment is provided at the Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

Ironing equipment is provided at the Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, Cal...

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Children playing at Shafter migrant camp. Shafter, California

Children playing at Shafter migrant camp. Shafter, California

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Migrant boy. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

Migrant boy. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

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Nursery. Shafter migrant camp. Shafter, California

Nursery. Shafter migrant camp. Shafter, California

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Migrant boy. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

Migrant boy. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

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Young cotton picker. Kern County migrant camp, California

Young cotton picker. Kern County migrant camp, California

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Wife and child of migrant worker, encamped near Winters, California. This is a proposed location of Resettlement Administration migrant camp

Wife and child of migrant worker, encamped near Winters, California. T...

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Aged woman from Oklahoma. Kern County migrant camp, California

Aged woman from Oklahoma. Kern County migrant camp, California

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Section of Kern migrant camp, California

Section of Kern migrant camp, California

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Camp for migrants near Birmingham, Alabama

Camp for migrants near Birmingham, Alabama

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Washing clothes in a migrant camp near Birmingham, Alabama

Washing clothes in a migrant camp near Birmingham, Alabama

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Scene of migrant camp on outskirts of Birmingham, Alabama

Scene of migrant camp on outskirts of Birmingham, Alabama

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Camp for migrants near Birmingham, Alabama

Camp for migrants near Birmingham, Alabama

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Looking from the camp to adjoining tract where Farm Security Administration (FSA) has just completed forty homes to be occupied by low income workers. These homes represent a first step in stabilization of this group. Rent is eight dollars and twenty cents monthly, which includes gas and electricity. Shafter migrant camp, California

Looking from the camp to adjoining tract where Farm Security Administr...

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Mothers on the sidelines watch the Halloween party at Shafter migrant camp, California

Mothers on the sidelines watch the Halloween party at Shafter migrant ...

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Child of migrant sitting by kitchen cabinet in tent home near Edinburg, Texas

Child of migrant sitting by kitchen cabinet in tent home near Edinburg...

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Child of migrant worker near Harlingen, Texas

Child of migrant worker near Harlingen, Texas

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Group of men inspecting secondhand tires for sale, Corpus Christi, Texas
Shack of war veteran with view along Nueces Bay. Corpus Christi, Texas

Shack of war veteran with view along Nueces Bay. Corpus Christi, Texas

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Children of white migrant family from Arizona near Harlingen, Texas

Children of white migrant family from Arizona near Harlingen, Texas

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White migrant changing tires. Edinburg, Texas

White migrant changing tires. Edinburg, Texas

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Child of migrants. He is sick with measles. Edinburg, Texas

Child of migrants. He is sick with measles. Edinburg, Texas

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Camp of migrant workers near Harlingen, Texas

Camp of migrant workers near Harlingen, Texas

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Highway City, California. Near Fresno. See General caption. Also 19553 for complete caption. Family from Oklahoma

Highway City, California. Near Fresno. See General caption. Also 19553...

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Children of migrants, Edinburg, Texas

Children of migrants, Edinburg, Texas

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Pigpen made on parts of old beds, near Harlingen, Texas, in white migrant camp

Pigpen made on parts of old beds, near Harlingen, Texas, in white migr...

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Wife of war veteran living in shantytown. Corpus Christi, Texas

Wife of war veteran living in shantytown. Corpus Christi, Texas

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Migrant baby in front of tent, Harlingen, Texas

Migrant baby in front of tent, Harlingen, Texas

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Strathmore, California. Orange picker's camp. One dollar a week rental

Strathmore, California. Orange picker's camp. One dollar a week rental

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Well baby clinic. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

Well baby clinic. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

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Election for sheriff and councilman. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

Election for sheriff and councilman. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, Cal...

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Audience watching play given by Arvin camp. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

Audience watching play given by Arvin camp. Tulare migrant camp. Visal...

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Migrant field worker. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

Migrant field worker. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

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A couple of men standing next to a truck, Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

A couple of men standing next to a truck, Tulare migrant camp. Visalia...

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Man repairing truck. Returning to Oklahoma. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

Man repairing truck. Returning to Oklahoma. Tulare migrant camp. Visal...

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Saturday night dance. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

Saturday night dance. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

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When unemployed, migrants work in labor home gardens. Tulare migrant camp.  Visalia, California

When unemployed, migrants work in labor home gardens. Tulare migrant c...

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Children sleep in nursery while mothers work. Shafter migrant camp.  Shafter, California

Children sleep in nursery while mothers work. Shafter migrant camp. S...

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Preparing dinner in migrant camp, Berrien County, Michigan

Preparing dinner in migrant camp, Berrien County, Michigan

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Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

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Putting out newspaper. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

Putting out newspaper. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

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Wife of migrant. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

Wife of migrant. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

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Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. The camp doctor has a large practice in Bridgeton, but also gives his time to the migrant camp, where he works to curb venereal disease, malnutrition, and general rundown conditions of health

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

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Migrant camp, California. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Migrant camp, California. Great Depression public domain photograph.

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Recreational facilities for the children, Kern migrant camp, California

Recreational facilities for the children, Kern migrant camp, Californi...

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Migrant cotton picker on way to field. Kern migrant camp, California

Migrant cotton picker on way to field. Kern migrant camp, California

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Migrants from Indiana near Birmingham, Alabama

Migrants from Indiana near Birmingham, Alabama

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Refreshments for children of migrant families. Shafter migrant camp, California

Refreshments for children of migrant families. Shafter migrant camp, C...

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The children crowd and push to reach refreshments at Halloween party. Shafter migrant Camp, California

The children crowd and push to reach refreshments at Halloween party. ...

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Daughter of former white labor contractor, now migrant worker, in tent home. Weslaco, Texas

Daughter of former white labor contractor, now migrant worker, in tent...

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Migrant camp, Weslaco, Texas. Local employment men say that there was no need for migrant labor to handle the citrus and vegetable crops in the valley, the local supply of labor being ample for this purpose. Most of the local labor is Mexican and the labor contractors favor Mexican labor over white labor, partly because the Mexican will work much cheaper than whites. One white woman who was a permanent resident (her husband was on WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work  Projects Administration) said that the white people who lived in the valley, had no trouble with the Mexicans. The Mexicans were good neighbors, she said, always willing to share what they had. She said the white migrants who came into the valley and resented and misunderstood the Mexicans caused the trouble between the two races. Some towns in this section permit camping only in trailers. The charge for camping in tents is about fifty cents per week, including water, which in some cases must be carried four city blocks. Privies are tin, very bad condition. Garbage is collected only once a week, with large dumps of decaying fruits and vegetables scattered among the camps. Some of the white migrants in this camp were very suspicious of governmental activity, due to the use by south Texas newspapers of the term "concentration camps" referring to FSA (Farm Security Administration) camps

Migrant camp, Weslaco, Texas. Local employment men say that there was ...

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Migrant worker cooking meal over campfire, Edinburg, Texas

Migrant worker cooking meal over campfire, Edinburg, Texas

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Kitchen table and stove of white migrant camp near Harlingen, Texas. See 32108-D

Kitchen table and stove of white migrant camp near Harlingen, Texas. S...

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Kern County. Debris left out on the flats where squatters' camp stood during work season. These are common sights after the migrants have left

Kern County. Debris left out on the flats where squatters' camp stood ...

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Buttonwillow, California. "Company" cotton pickers camp, after picking season. Some families remain for tag ends of picking and for pulling bolls, or for lack of other winter quarters

Buttonwillow, California. "Company" cotton pickers camp, after picking...

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Migrant auto wrecker in front of car which he will dismantle, Corpus Christi, Texas

Migrant auto wrecker in front of car which he will dismantle, Corpus C...

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Camp of white migrants in the mesquite near Harlingen, Texas

Camp of white migrants in the mesquite near Harlingen, Texas

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Corner in tent home of white migrants. Near Harlingen, Texas

Corner in tent home of white migrants. Near Harlingen, Texas

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Migrant man and wife camped near Sebastin, Texas

Migrant man and wife camped near Sebastin, Texas

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Migrant child standing in doorway of trailer, Edinburg, Texas

Migrant child standing in doorway of trailer, Edinburg, Texas

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Tent camp of migrants north of Harlingen, Texas

Tent camp of migrants north of Harlingen, Texas

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Son of migrant auto wrecker, Corpus Christi, Texas

Son of migrant auto wrecker, Corpus Christi, Texas

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White migrant mother making biscuits in tent home. Mercedes, Texas. See 32108-D

White migrant mother making biscuits in tent home. Mercedes, Texas. Se...

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White migrant sitting in front of his fire in camp near Harlingen, Texas. He is one of the three traveling separately but who have set up camp together near Harlingen, Texas. Each cooks and eats alone. They were attracted to the lower valley by reports of plentiful work but have been unable to compete with the local Mexican labor in that section

White migrant sitting in front of his fire in camp near Harlingen, Tex...

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Laundry of migrant workers drying on mesquite brush, Edinburg, Texas

Laundry of migrant workers drying on mesquite brush, Edinburg, Texas

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Highway City, California, near Fresno. See general caption. Family from Oklahoma; have been in California for six years, have been migratory workers now on Works Progress Administration (WPA) from which they may be cut off at the opening of the 1939 harvest. Their house represents one of many similar structures, which they are attempting to construct by their own efforts on poor land, for which they are paying a few dollars a month out of the WPA budget. Their light bill is two dollars a month. Water bill one dollar a month, kerosene for cooking five dollars per month, approximately. They own a 1929 Ford. "The cheapest thing for the government to do would be to put people like me on enough land to make a living on. You can't tell me anything about running around with the fruit, I know that deal. You are lucky if you make enough to get home. I'm not a kickin', I'm being tuk care of, but if I should live to be hundred this way I'm not getting ahead noways."

Highway City, California, near Fresno. See general caption. Family fro...

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White migrant camp near Mercedes, Texas. Chicken coop at right constructed of gunny sacks and cardboard. See 32108-D

White migrant camp near Mercedes, Texas. Chicken coop at right constru...

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White migrant playing guitar in trailer home. Weslaco, Texas

White migrant playing guitar in trailer home. Weslaco, Texas

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Two-wheeled trailer with kitchen cabinet fitted on the end. This is copied from the old chuck wagons. Harlingen, Texas migrant camp

Two-wheeled trailer with kitchen cabinet fitted on the end. This is co...

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