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Family of roofer from Oklahoma in their tent home at Corpus Christi, Texas. He is working at the naval air training base. He draws one dollar an hour pay but frequent layoffs because of bad weather makes his average weekly wage small
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Credit lineFamily of roofer from Oklahoma in their tent home at Corpus Christi, Texas. He is working at the naval air training base. He draws one dollar an hour pay but frequent layoffs because of bad weather ma. 1940-01-01. Lee, Russell. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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