U.S. Worker finger printed. Starting in July, all civil service employees of the United States government will have their finger prints recorded for purpose of identification. Miss Opal Boyce, employee of the civil service department, is shown having her fingerprints made by John H. Clark, assistant
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"U.S. Worker finger printed. Starting in July, all civil service employees of the United States government will have their finger prints recorded for purpose of identification. Miss Opal Boyce, employee of the civil service department, is shown having her fingerprints made by John H. Clark, assistant" (1931). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Worker_finger_printed._Starting_in_July,_all_civil_service_employees_of_the_United_States_government_will_have_their_finger_prints_recorded_for_purpose_of_identification._Miss_Opal_LCCN2016889800.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 298613.
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