Oregon, Marion County, near West Stayton. Bean picker's child. Just arrived from near Joplin, Missouri. Question: "Why did you leave there?" Answer: "We couldn't make it."

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Oregon, Marion County, near West Stayton. Bean picker's child. Just arrived from near Joplin, Missouri. Question: "Why did you leave there?" Answer: "We couldn't make it."

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Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1939
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Lange, Dorothea, photographer
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West Stayton, 44.78651, -122.86676
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