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Water Faucet by the Packing Sheds in Edison, California, April 1938

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Water Faucet by the Packing Sheds in Edison, California, April 1938
Courtesy of Library of Congress, Lange, Dorothea, "One faucet by the packing sheds is the only source of water for 150-200 families camped in the brush waiting for the potato harvest to open. Edison, California," April 1938

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A woman is retrieving water from a faucet by the packing sheds in Edison, California. This faucet is the only source of water for 150 to 200 families camped in the brush waiting for the potato harvest to open in town. 

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Lange, Dorothea, "One faucet by the packing sheds is the only source of water for 150-200 families camped in the brush waiting for the potato harvest to open. Edison, California," April 1938. Courtesy of Library of Congress