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Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Jennie Wensel, mother of two children employed as a machinist's helper in the Pennsylvania railroad yards, earning seventy-two cents an hour
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Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Jennie Wensel, mother of two children employed as a machinist's helper in the Pennsylvania railroad yards, earning seventy-two cents an hour

Collins, Marjory · 1943-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit linePitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Jennie Wensel, mother of two children employed as a machinist's helper in the Pennsylvania railroad yards, earning seventy-two cents an hour. 1943-01-01. Collins, Marjory. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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