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Family of roofer from Oklahoma in their tent home at Corpus Christi, Texas. He is working at the naval air training base. He draws one dollar an hour pay but frequent layoffs because of bad weather makes his average weekly wage small

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Family of roofer from Oklahoma in their tent home at Corpus Christi, Texas. He is working at the naval air training base. He draws one dollar an hour pay but frequent layoffs because of bad weather makes his average weekly wage small

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Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a tent, camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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safety film negatives

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Date

01/01/1940

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Contributors

Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

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Location

corpus christi

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Christie's

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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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