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Chicago, Illinois. Workman hauling a hand truck loaded with goods at a freight house at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard. The men are paid according to the tonnage handled per day

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Chicago, Illinois. Workman hauling a hand truck loaded with goods at a freight house at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard. The men are paid according to the tonnage handled per day

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Public domain photograph of American working class people in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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01/01/1942

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Delano, Jack, photographer

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chicago

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Library of Congress

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http://www.loc.gov/

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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