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Picking cotton
Clarence Day laborers picking cotton plant near Clarksdale , Miss. Delta , in November 1940 .
Vermont state fair
At the Vermont state fair , Rutland , in September 1941 .
Aircraft worker
An aircraft worker delay electric assemblies at Vega Aircraft Corporation , Burbank , Calif. , in June 1942 .
Cabbage crop
Child of a migratory farm labourer in the field during the crop of the residential area center ’s cabbage crop , FSA proletariat ingroup , Tex . , in January 1942 .
Parachute 101
Instructor explaining the surgical procedure of a chute to bookman pilots , Meacham plain , Fort Worth , Tex . , in January 1942 .
And the winner is …
Winner at the Delta County Fair , Colo. , in October 1940 .
Going for a ride
On the ferris steering wheel at the Vermont state fair , Rutland , in September 1941 .
Juke joint
live quarters and " juke joint " for migrant worker , a slack time of year , in Belle Glade , Fla. , in February 1941 .
Girlie show
" Backstage " at the " girlie " show at the Vermont commonwealth bonny , Rutland , in September 1941 .
Starch trucks
Nearly 50 trucks lined up outside of a starch mill , Caribou , Aroostook County , Me . Some had been waiting for twenty - four hours for the potatoes to be graded and weigh , in October 1940 .
Louisiana porch
Three child sit on the porch of a house on the Bayou Bourbeau plantation , a Farm Security Administration co-op , in the vicinity of Natchitoches , La. , in August 1940 .
