Jorena Pettway making flower decorations for her home in Gee's Bend, Alabama
Lorena Pettway making flower decorations for her home in w:Gee's Bend, Alabama. She has made practically all her own furniture. She made her bedspreads and chair covers from flour sacks.
- Date
- 1939-05
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 1,024 × 779 pixels
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Reason: a US government work (Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information).
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"Jorena Pettway making flower decorations for her home in Gee's Bend, Alabama" (1939-05). FSA/OWI. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jorena_Pettway_making_flower_decorations_for_her_home_in_Gee%27s_Bend,_Alabama.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 121076.
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