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Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers protesting congressional cut of relief appropriations. San Francisco, California

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Originally a Spanish (later Mexican) mission and pueblo, it was conquered by the United States in 1846 and by an invading army of prospectors following the 1848 discovery of gold in its hinterland. The Gold Rush made San Francisco a cosmopolitan metropolis with a frontier edge. In early 1900s the city tried to remake itself into a grand and modern Paris of the West.

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california san francisco county san francisco nitrate negatives golden gate speeches mass works progress administration works progress administration wpa workers relief appropriations relief appropriations united states history gathering crowd library of congress
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01/01/1939
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Lange, Dorothea, photographer
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San Francisco

San Francisco: Paris of the West
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San Francisco, California, United States ,  37.77493, -122.41942
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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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