First food stamp. Washington, D.C., April 20. The first of the new surplus food stamps came of the presses at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing today. Latest of the administration's plans to reduce the farm surplus, the stamps, of yellow and blue, will be issued to persons on relief who in turn c
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- 1939-04-20
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- Harris & Ewing
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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"First food stamp. Washington, D.C., April 20. The first of the new surplus food stamps came of the presses at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing today. Latest of the administration's plans to reduce the farm surplus, the stamps, of yellow and blue, will be issued to persons on relief who in turn c" (1939-04-20). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_food_stamp._Washington,_D.C.,_April_20._The_first_of_the_new_surplus_food_stamps_came_of_the_presses_at_the_Bureau_of_Engraving_and_Printing_today._Latest_of_the_administration%27s_plans_LCCN2016875474.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 279082.
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