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No Oranges

Location : San Leandro, CA
Date : May 3, 1940
Agency : NYA, WPA
Credits : Rondal Partridge (Photographer)
Owner : NARA (SPB)
Medium : B&W Photo
Control Number : RG 119-CAL-13-67

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Description : "Every time they get something good, ya don't get a chance to get any." He had just discovered that because his father had recently been reinstated on WPA, he was no longer eligible for surplus commodities. The "something good" was oranges. Surplus Commodities Depot, San Leandro, May 3, 1940.

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[Photo Series][NYA Photoessays of Rondal Partridge][On Relief]
[Production and Distribution of Goods][Surplus Commodity Stores][Surplus Commodities Depot, San Leandro, CA]