John Dyson, FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower, playing the accordion. He was born into slavery over eighty years ago. Saint Mary's County, Maryland
- Date
- 1940-09
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 660 × 886 pixels
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Reason: a US government work (Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information).
Read from: Commons licence category: PD US FSA/OWI; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page; permission field: Rights Advisory: No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information.
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"John Dyson, FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower, playing the accordion. He was born into slavery over eighty years ago. Saint Mary's County, Maryland" (1940-09). FSA/OWI. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Dyson,_born_in_slavery.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 121040.
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