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Listen: The Latin ProgramMigrant family at their shelter - Winter Haven, Florida
Image Number
Photographer
Date
Date Note
Rights
Collection
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Dwellings--Florida--Polk County--Winter Haven
Architecture--Florida--Polk County--Winter Haven
Buildings--Florida--Polk County--Winter Haven
Girls--Florida--Polk County--Winter Haven
Children--Florida--Polk County--Winter Haven
Family--Florida--Polk County--Winter Haven
Migrant labor
Migrant agricultural laborers
New Deal, 1933-1939
Depressions--1929--United States
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
General Note
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- 005793-D
The original image caption: The temporary home of a migrant citrus worker and his family. Now camped near the packing plant of Winterhaven, Florida. The family is originally from Tennessee.
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