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Schenectady, New York. The Oneida School cafeteria

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Schenectady, New York. A most satisfactory five-course hot lunch can be had in the cafeteria of the Onieda School for thirty cents

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Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1943
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Bonn, Philip, photographer
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South Schenectady ,  42.78702, -73.97096
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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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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Artificial flower making at 8 cents a gross. Youngest child working is 5 years old. Location: New York, New York (State)

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Home work on tags. Home of Martin Gibbons, 268 [?] Centre Street, Roxbury Massachusetts. James 11, years old; Helen 9 years and Mary 6, work on tags. Helen said she could tie the most (5,000 a day at 30 cents). Mary does some but can do only 1000 a day. They work nights a good deal. The night before Helen and James worked until 11:00 P.M. See also Home Work report. Location: Roxbury, Massachusettsachusetts.

A man sitting on top of a pile of wood. Office of War Information Photograph

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Union College library, Schenectady, N. Y.

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