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Pennsylvania motor police on duty at the King Farm during the strike of workers against seventeen cents and twenty cents an hour. Near Morrisville, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania motor police on duty at the King Farm during the strike of workers against seventeen cents an hour wages. Near Morrisville, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania motor police on duty at the King Farm during the strike of workers against seventeen cents an hour wages. Near Morrisville, Pennsylvania

Girl fieldworkers at the King Farm on strike against seventeen cents an hour wages. Morrisville, Pennsylvania

Girl fieldworkers at the King Farm on strike against seventeen cents an hour wages. Morrisville, Pennsylvania

Agricultural workers on strike at the King Farm near Morrisville, Pennsylvania

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Migrant workers hired as strikebreakers after the strike at the King Farm near Morrisville, Pennsylvania

Striking field workers at the King Farm near Morrisville, Pennsylvania. These boys are very active in organizing the strike

Pennsylvania motor police on duty at the King Farm during the strike of workers against seventeen cents and twenty cents an hour. Near Morrisville, Pennsylvania

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01/01/1938
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Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
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Morrisville ,  39.89480, -80.16173
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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