Boys Sitting on a Truck in Robstown, Texas, January 1942

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Courtesy of Library of Congress, Rothstein, Arthur, "Boys sitting on truck parked at the FSA ... labor camp, Robstown, Tex.," January 1942

Description

These boys are shown sitting on a truck in Robstown, a migrant labor camp, in Texas. The state was home to several Farm Security Administration camps, where families had access to free medical and dental care, community gardens and nursery schools for young children. 

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Rothstein, Arthur, "Boys sitting on truck parked at the FSA ... labor camp, Robstown, Tex.," January 1942. Courtesy of Library of Congress