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Young French-Canadian wife of poor potato farmer near St. Agatha, Maine. She is eighteen years old. Fixing up her children to "have their picture taken"
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Young French-Canadian wife of poor potato farmer near St. Agatha, Maine. She is eighteen years old. Fixing up her children to "have their picture taken"

1940-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineYoung French-Canadian wife of poor potato farmer near St. Agatha, Maine. She is eighteen years old. Fixing up her children to "have their picture taken". 1940-01-01. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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