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Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Miss Mary DaVanzo, twenty-two, employed at the Pennsylvania Railroad steel car shop boiler room as a stationary firemen's helper, earning seventy-two cents per hour. She lives on a farm in nearby Delmont and was formerly a waitress in the Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh

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Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Miss Mary DaVanzo, twenty-two, employed at the Pennsylvania Railroad steel car shop boiler room as a stationary firemen's helper, earning seventy-two cents per hour. She lives on a farm in nearby Delmont and was formerly a waitress in the Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh

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Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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Date

01/01/1943

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Contributors

Collins, Marjory, 1912-1985, photographer

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Location

Pitcairn, 40.40312, -79.77810

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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