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1. Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940 Part of the family of George Padroni, near Sterling, Colo. They have 9 children and some hired help. Only one child in school (see 4042). This is 6 yr. old Lena, who works some too. The 8 yr. old boy pulls and piles beets. 9 and 12 yr. old boys run the pulling machine, (the mother said, "We all got to do all we can.") 11 yr. old girl piles and tops and does housework. 13 yr. old girl piles and tops. Says she hasn't hurt herself with the knife this year, but did last year. The whole family begins work from 5 to 6 A.M. and works until 6 P.M. and after, with time off for dinner. Pedroni has been living here for 20 yrs., owns several hundred acres, about 100 in beets. Is said to be well-to-do

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2. Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940 A case of "Economic Need." Jacob Roomel [i.e., Rommel?] and his family live in this roomy shack, well-furnished, with a good range, organ, etc. They own a good home in Ft. Collins, but late in April they moved out here, taking contract for nearly 40 acres of beets, working their 9 and 10 yr. old girls hard at piling and topping (altho[ugh] they are not rugged) and they will not return until November. The little girl said, "Piling is hardest, it gets your back. I have cut myself some, topping." The older girl said, "Don't you call us Russians, we're Germans," (although they were most of them were born in Russia). Family been in this country eleven yrs. (See photo 4041.)

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3. Palmer, Alfred T. A poster comes to life. The three men tour one of the mill yards. In the background, to the immediate right of the freight car, is a portion of a scrap pile. Immediately behind Sergeant Vineyard is a pile of limestone and slag. In the background, to the sailor's right, are piles of iron heaped high. All of these materials are destined for the steel furnaces, where they are used in varying quantities to make the many varieties of steel needed by our armed forces. Allegheny Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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4. Palmer, Alfred T. Subcontracting aircraft parts. A complicated system of storing parts for airplane sub-assembly assures workers at an Ohio plant that they will not be held up for parts. Here is a portion of the huge storeroom, with a worker piling small sections where they will be available at a moment's notice. Constant inventory is kept. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

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5. Palmer, Alfred T. Filling the arsenals. Cartridge cases for ammunition are piling up by the thousands in the Army's arsenals. These have just come out of production at a large eastern arsenal

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6. Palmer, Alfred T. Subcontracting aircraft parts. A complicated system of storing parts for airplane sub-assembly assures workers at an Ohio plant that they will not be held up for parts. Here is a portion of the huge storeroom, with a worker piling small sections where they will be available at a moment's notice. Constant inventory is kept. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

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7. Palmer, Alfred T. Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Row upon row of wheel hubs and brake drums for Army trucks tower skyward in huge piles at the Dodge company's great truck plant in Detroit

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8. Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990 Coal miners' homes, company houses, with piles of old slag and slate. "The Patch," Cassville, West Virginia

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9. Matson Photo Service Damascus Gate & orange piles, general view, distant. Taken May 6, '44

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10. Rittase, William M., 1894-1968 Production. M-3 tanks. Now you can see where your rubber tires are going! Stored in this large war plant are huge piles of finished M-3 tank rubber treads - only a few days' supply for the tank plant. Baldwin Locomotive Works

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11. Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990 Burley tobacco, after it has been cut and wilted, is placed in small piles before being picked up by wagon and taken to dry and curing barn. Russell Spear's farm near Lexington, Kentucky

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12. Matson Photo Service Orange piles at Damascus Gate, May 6, '44

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13. Sam'l Henry Piles

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14. Cret, Paul Philippe, 1876-1945 [Organization's building ("International Bureau of American Republics"), 17th Street and B Street (now Constitution Avenue), N.W., Washington, D.C.]. [Piles under front and rear steps]

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15. Matson Photo Service Damascus Gate & orange piles, general view, distant. Taken May 6, '44

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16. Gilkey, Gordon Foundation piles, N.Y. World's Fair

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17. Matson Photo Service Orange piles at Damascus Gate, May 6, '44

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18. Lopez, Andrew, 1910-1986 Tokyo's "shanty town," where homeless Japanese people have set up housekeeping in small huts, pieced together from scrap material. Piles of rubble, not yet cleaned away, surround the houses

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19. Sam'l Henry Piles

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20. Sam'l Henry Piles, 3/30/22

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