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September 1942. Batavia, New York. "Elba FSA farm labor camp. Recreational director watching boys play checkers in recreation tent. They are among voluntary migrant labor from West Virginia and New York City relief rolls arriving in upstate New York to harvest crops." Acetate negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Whoever said that chess was the most intense, non-physical game in the world never played checkers against these guys. I swear, the boy on the right of the picture is mere minutes away from letting fists fly.
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