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Woman packinghouse worker from Tennessee trying to wash black muck, which causes an itchy rash and sores, off her youngest child. She has three others. The water came from a filthy canal nearby. Belle Glade, Florida
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Credit lineWoman packinghouse worker from Tennessee trying to wash black muck, which causes an itchy rash and sores, off her youngest child. She has three others. The water came from a filthy canal nearby. Belle. 1939-01-01. Wolcott, Marion Post. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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