Son of Day Laborer Arkansas River June 1939

A black-and-white negative from June 1939 shows the son of a day laborer in the Arkansas River bottom at Webbers Falls, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. The region experienced significant migration during the Great Depression as families sought work. The image is part of the FSA/OWI Collection, documenting the lives of laborers in rural America.

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