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Saturday's a Holiday for Most of the Nation's Small Fry, but to These Youngsters of Roanoke, Va. It's Fat-Collection Day. ca. 10-1942
Original Caption: Saturday's a holiday for most of the nation's small fry, but to these youngsters of Roanoke, Va., it's fat-collection day. U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: NLR-PHOCO-A-65701(31) Created By: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 From: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs Production Date: ca. 10/1942 Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=196332 Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library (Hyde Park, NY) Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted
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- 1942
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- The U.S. National Archives
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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