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Paddy Wagon: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 08/09/2012 - 3:29pm.
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September 1938. Abbeville, Louisiana. "Farmer's truck at state rice mill." 35mm negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Chevrolet
Submitted by Zcarstvnz on Fri, 08/17/2012 - 12:25pm.
His truck is a 1934-35 Chevrolet similar to the one in the photo below.
The farmer's name
Submitted by EQJohnson on Fri, 08/10/2012 - 11:32am.
seems to be J. Broussard, reading from the truck's door. There are still many Broussards living in Abbeville.
Paddy Wagon
Submitted by Manalto on Thu, 08/09/2012 - 4:07pm.
Dave, I always look forward to your witty captions.
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