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Resident of shack town along river bottoms. Dubuque, Iowa. He scavenges the city dump daily for scrap iron, bits of metal, etc

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Resident of shack town along river bottoms. Dubuque, Iowa. He scavenges the city dump daily for scrap iron, bits of metal, etc

Man from river bottoms shack town, Iowa. He collects scrap iron, bits of metal, etc., from the city dump. Note the burlap sack

Man who lives in shack on the edge of the city dump, Dubuque, Iowa

Man from river bottoms shack town, Iowa. He collects scrap iron, bits of metal, etc., from the city dump. Note the burlap sack

Shacks on edge of city dump, occupied by men who gain their living by salvaging of scrap iron, old tires, paper which they bale, etc. Dubuque, Iowa

Man who lives in shack on the edge of the city dump, Dubuque, Iowa

Man who lives in shack on the edge of the city dump, Dubuque, Iowa

Home on the edge of the city dump. Dubuque, Iowa. This is one of the group homes occupied by single men who gain their livelihood by scouring the dump each day for scrap iron, paper boxes, which they bale and sell, and even food, grapefruit, oranges, etc., dumped by produce companies

Residents of river bottom's shacktown. Dubuque, Iowa

Resident of shack town along river bottoms. Dubuque, Iowa. He scavenges the city dump daily for scrap iron, bits of metal, etc.

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Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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01/01/1940
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Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
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dubuque
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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