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Baling papers and cardboard boxes salvaged from the city dump. Dubuque, Iowa. These men live in shacks just on the edge of the dump. Their entire income is derived from what they can pick up in their daily rounds of the dump
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Baling papers and cardboard boxes salvaged from the city dump. Dubuque, Iowa. These men live in shacks just on the edge of the dump. Their entire income is derived from what they can pick up in their daily rounds of the dump

Vachon, John · 1940-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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dubuque countyunited statesdubuquesafety film negativesiowa
Credit lineBaling papers and cardboard boxes salvaged from the city dump. Dubuque, Iowa. These men live in shacks just on the edge of the dump. Their entire income is derived from what they can pick up in their . 1940-01-01. Vachon, John. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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