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"We made good money in the cherries this year. From then on we made just beans." Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. Woman in mobile unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1939
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Lange, Dorothea, photographer
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klamath county
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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Group of children from Canneries in School #3, Buffalo, N.Y. 1) Carlo Ciaravina, 124 State St., 8 years old. Worked on beans and corn in sheds at Albion, N.Y. Entered school December 5th. 2) Mike Miranda, 8 years old last summer. Stringing beans in the home at Forsetville. Entered school September 7th. 3) Louis Belilta, 61 Water St., 12 years old last summer. Worked part of the time snipping beans in the sheds at Collins, N.Y. 4) Rose Moreibella, 41 Peacock St., 11 years old last summer. Stringing beans part of the time in the sheds at North Collins and Cherry Creek, N.Y. 5) Josephine Favata, 62 Main St., 10 years old last summer. Said that when little sister slept, she husked corn and string beans in the big shed at Albion, N.Y. 6) Magaline Tutarchi, 62 Main St., 8 years old last summer. Stringing beans and shelling peas sometimes in the sheds at Mr. Morris, N.Y. 7) Bombe Regis, 69 Water St., 9 years old last summer. Stringing beans in the sheds. Entered school in September. 8) Rosa Guglinzza, Room 10, 62 Main Street, 10 years old last summer. Worked on berries, corn and beans in the sheds at Cherry Creek. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

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oregon klamath county merrill nitrate negatives money cherries year beans klamath woman unit fsa farm security administration farm security administration camp great depression photographs great depression 1940s women 1940s american farmers 1940 s library of congress