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Listen: The Assorted Selections ProgramFamily of migrant agricultural workers - Canal Point, Florida.
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Date
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Collection
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Occupational groups
Agriculture--Florida--Palm Beach County--Canal Point
Men--Florida--Palm Beach County--Canal Point
Children--Florida--Palm Beach County--Canal Point
Families--Florida--Palm Beach County--Canal Point
Farm workers
Migrant agricultural laborers
New Deal, 1933-1939
Depressions--1929--United States
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Physical Description
General Note
Original image caption: Migrant laborers' camp near Canal Point, Florida. In foreground is a bean hamper which they use to sit on and they call a "muck rocker." Some of them are from Missouri and Arkansas.
The image was created by the New Deal program, Farm Security Administration (originally the Resettlement Administration) in order to demonstrate the hardships of farm workers during the Great Depression.
The original image is stored in the Farm Security Administration Collection at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Image #: LC-USF34- 051178-E
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