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June 1943. Oswego, New York. "Children, recruited for farm work, waiting outside the U.S. Employment Service to start work for the summer." Photo by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Great post--terrific history here. A seasoned-citizen neighbor remembers volunteering for the Crop Corps while growing up in Texas. He got a little CC patch to have Mom sew onto his jacket.
Brochure: "Victory farm volunteers of the U.S. Crop Corps need 500,000 boys and girls"
U.S. Office of War Information film "Youth Farm Volunteers"
Maybe Shorpy will also post pic(s) from the "Women's Land Army of America" (WWI & WWII)?
[We already have a Land Army photo here, and more Crop Corps photos here. - Dave]
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