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Listen: The Latin ProgramMigrant workers at a bean canning plant - Dania, Florida
Image Number
Photographer
Date
Rights
Collection
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Depressions--1929--United States
African Americans--Florida--Broward County--Dania
Men--Florida--Broward County--Dania
Women--Florida--Broward County--Dania
Interior architecture
Vegetable trade
Produce trade
Labor--Florida--Broward County--Dania
Occupational groups--Florida--Broward County--Dania
Migrant labor
Canned foods industry--Florida--Broward County--Dania
Beans
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
General Note
Original image caption: Canning plant employees grading beans. Dania, Florida. Many of these workers are migrants.
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- 005788-D
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