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A black and white photo of a man placing bricks on a wall. Office of War Information Photograph

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A black and white photo of a man placing bricks on a wall. Office of War Information Photograph

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"There is a brick making factory run by refugees and worked by refugees in UNRRA's biggest camp in the Middle East. Already the refugees have built all the hospital buildings, and their own soap factory, and their own ablution houses." (Source: Caption list "Captions for OWI Pictures of El Shatt Camp" included with LOT 2183)
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Temp. note: owibatch6
Film copy on SIS roll 18, frame 135.

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1944
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egypt
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Library of Congress
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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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