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Cotton hoers from Memphis, Tennessee are carried by trucks to the Arkansas plantations
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Cotton hoers from Memphis, Tennessee are carried by trucks to the Arkansas plantations

Lange, Dorothea · 1937-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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tennesseenitrate negativesunited statesmemphisshelby county
Credit lineCotton hoers from Memphis, Tennessee are carried by trucks to the Arkansas plantations. 1937-01-01. Lange, Dorothea. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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