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Impoverished Tannery Worker
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A man is holding a young girl in his arms. She is holding a bag of Geiser's potato chips. Caption reads: "Poverty faces this father's six daughters, 3 to 12 years old, as he approaches the age of 65. Now, at 62, he earns about $95 to $100 a week as a tannery worker."
March 2, 1965
Hamilton, Jack
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