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Missouri Farms: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 11/28/2007 - 9:36pm.
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August 1938. Child studying in school. Southeast Missouri Farms, Missouri. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Williams County I: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 11/28/2007 - 4:20pm.
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November 1937. Pupil in rural school. Williams County, North Dakota. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Williams County II: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 11/28/2007 - 4:20pm.
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November 1937. Pupil in rural school. Williams County, North Dakota. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Williams County III: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 11/28/2007 - 4:19pm.
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November 1937. Pupil in rural school. Williams County, North Dakota. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Williams County IV: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 11/28/2007 - 4:18pm.
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November 1937. Pupil in rural school. Williams County, North Dakota. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Sunday Paper: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 11/28/2007 - 3:29am.
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December 1936. Daughter reading a Sunday paper at the Rustan Brothers farm near Dickens, Iowa. Two hundred forty acres, crop share lease, owned by Metropolitan Life. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee.
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Hector's Palace of Sweets: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 11/28/2007 - 12:23am.
November 1937. Neon sign for Hector’s Palace of Sweets Cafe in Crosby, North Dakota. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the FSA.
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