“Schools do not open until the potatoes are harvested.”

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From American Memory at the Library of Congress, this photo was taken by the great Jack Delano in 1940, as part of a Farm Security Administration project.

The original caption was:

Children gathering potatoes on a large farm, vicinity of Caribou, Aroostook County, Me. Schools do not open until the potatoes are harvested.

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