"I consider myself lucky," says this Richmond Shipyards worker, "because I found this months ago, when you could still get single rooms." He pays $16 a month, uses his only chair for a dresser top, usually sits on the stairs to read the paper. "When I get me a good stake, I'm going back to Denver - unless they get some house built." Note the alarm clock, the broken window. 58

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"I consider myself lucky," says this Richmond Shipyards worker, "because I found this months ago, when you could still get single rooms." He pays $16 a month, uses his only chair for a dresser top, usually sits on the stairs to read the paper. "When I get me a good stake, I'm going back to Denver - unless they get some house built." Note the alarm clock, the broken window.

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UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library