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One of the project women making clothes for her family on her new sewing machine. Terrebonne Project. Schriever, Louisiana
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Credit lineOne of the project women making clothes for her family on her new sewing machine. Terrebonne Project. Schriever, Louisiana. 1940-01-01. Wolcott, Marion Post. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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