What's a home without it's sidewalk scrap pile? Junior Commandos of Roanoke, Va., see to it that each home has given enough scrap to make the scrap collectors monthly visit worthwhile.
- Date
- c. 1942
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- FSA/OWI
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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- 3,000 × 2,375 pixels
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"What's a home without it's sidewalk scrap pile? Junior Commandos of Roanoke, Va., see to it that each home has given enough scrap to make the scrap collectors monthly visit worthwhile." (c. 1942). FSA/OWI. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:What%27s_a_home_without_it%27s_sidewalk_scrap_pile%5E_Junior_Commandos_of_Roanoke,_Va.,_see_to_it_that_each_home_has_given..._-_NARA_-_196333.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 127126.
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