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Smoke stack turned home. Great Depression. 1933

9969-1304. A smoke stack shanty. December 29, 1933. A home of an impoverished person at the height of the Great Depression. Location in the rail yard about 14th & Raleigh, NW Portland. On the left is Crown Mills. In the background is the Broadway Bridge and Union Station.

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Filename: 9969-1304.tif
Copyright: HistoricPhotoArchive.net
Image Size: 15540x11526 / 341.7MB; 1933 3.25" x 4.25" original negative NW 14th. Ave. NW Raleigh St. Shanty squalor Hobo shack smoke stack house Great Depression homeless
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9969-1304. A smoke stack shanty. December 29, 1933. A home of an impoverished person at the height of the Great Depression. Location in the rail yard about 14th & Raleigh, NW Portland. On the left is Crown Mills. In the background is the Broadway Bridge and Union Station.