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Listen: The Assorted Selections ProgramHouses for migrant workers - Belle Glade, Florida.
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A single room cabin cost 2 dollars a week and a double room cabin cost 4 dollars. Water had to be hauled.
The image was created by the New Deal program, Farm Security Administration (originally the Resettlement Administration) in order to demonstrate the hardships of farm workers during the Great Depression.
The original image is stored in the Farm Security Administration Collection at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Image #: LC-USF34- 051176-D
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