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Carpenter at Hercules powder plant in his room in Sunday clothes, workclothes on the floor in front of him. He came here a month ago from Long Branch, West Virginia. Pays eight dollars a week room and board. Left his family at home. Would send for them if he could find a decent place to live. Radfor
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Carpenter at Hercules powder plant in his room in Sunday clothes, workclothes on the floor in front of him. He came here a month ago from Long Branch, West Virginia. Pays eight dollars a week room and board. Left his family at home. Would send for them if he could find a decent place to live. Radfor

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

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Credit lineCarpenter at Hercules powder plant in his room in Sunday clothes, workclothes on the floor in front of him. He came here a month ago from Long Branch, West Virginia. Pays eight dollars a week room and. 1940-01-01. Vachon, John. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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