Oklahoma Historic photos, documents, and people

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Recess games in charge of grade teacher of Jefferson School. See Miss Folks' report. Location: Muskogee, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

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Fred Hill, 3 years old, sometimes picks 20 pounds of cotton a day. See 4580. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

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Crowded dormitory (one wall) in Training School for Deaf Mutes. See Gibbons report. Location: Sulphur, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

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Kindergarten children in Horace Mann School working on doll houses. See Bliss report. Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

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Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. Oklahoma drought farmers. "Nothing to do. These fellers," said one of them, "are goin' to stay right here till they dry up and die too"

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14-year-old boy hauling water on farm near Lawton. Francis Heinz, Route B, Box 11. Location: Lawton, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

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Drought farmers line the shady side of the main street of the town while their crops burn up in the fields. "The guvment may keep us a little I reckon." Sallisaw, Oklahoma

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The Bank section of Commercial Room in Central High School. See Bliss report. Location: Muskogee, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

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13 and 14-year old boys (the youngest) cutting asparagus on farm near Lawton. Location: Lawton, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.