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Alphabetized Census File System

Location : Washington, DC
Date : Mar 24, 1938
Agency : WPA
Credits : WLH
Owner : NARA (SPB)
Medium : B&W Photo
Control Number : 69-N-66

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Description : 8. Getting the age-data of two citizens in two minutes! Miss Eleanor Graham, (back), and Miss Mary Kitson front) are finding the records for the two who wait. It's easy when they are alphabetized. The new system was instituted by the WPA. Census Bureau, Washington, D.C.

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