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Both these excellent, intelligent workmen are employed in Richmond shipyards. "We brought our tent so's we could camp out on the way here; we didn't figure to have to live in it," they said. Between them, the men earn $100 weekly. "That's good money, but if we quit and go back home," the woman said, "it's only because of the kids. How can they keep clean in a place like this? Mister, when'll those houses be done?"

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Title: Both these excellent, intelligent workmen are employed in Richmond shipyards. "We brought our tent so's we could camp out on the way here; we didn't figure to have to live in it," they said. Between them, the men earn $100 weekly. "That's good money, but if we quit and go back home," the woman said, "it's only because of the kids. How can they keep clean in a place like this? Mister, when'll those houses be done?"
Publication Information: The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley
Contributing Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection: Kaiser (Henry J.) Collection - Selections From the Pictorial Collection, 1941-1946
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Type: image
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf0199p06k
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