A mother sewing a button on her child's overalls 8d29755v
A mother sewing a button on her child's overalls. Silver Spring, Maryland
- Date
- 1943-06
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 1,024 × 755 pixels
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Reason: a US government work (Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information).
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