Woman with Dixie Cup at Dept of Agriculture

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A black-and-white photograph of a woman drinking from a Dixie cup outside the Department of Agriculture building during the Poor People's Campaign. She is wearing a patterned dress, a different patterned apron, a brimmed hat, glasses, a bracelet, and a jacket. She is also wearing rain boots. She is holding a Dixie cup in her proper left hand and is drinking out of it. Her proper right arm is down by her side. There is a building with arched doorways in the background. There is a thick white border around the image. The back of the photograph is blank.

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