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Hovel home of two Negro families, Washington, D.C. Near ice chest is the privy, although unseen in this picture. A recent relief visit accounts for the food on the table

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Mydans, Carl

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Created Date:
1935 Sept.
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Keywords

  1. District Of Columbia
  2. Nitrate Negatives
  3. Slum Interiors
  4. United States
  5. Washington (D.C.)

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