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Saturating cotton thread with sweet potato starch at cotton mill. Laurel, Mississippi
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Credit lineSaturating cotton thread with sweet potato starch at cotton mill. Laurel, Mississippi. 1938-01-01. Lee, Russell. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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