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A shipyard worker and his wife were asleep in their car at the time this picture was taken. The flashlight woke them. "Did
we intend to sleep in our car when we came here? Hell no!" the workman exclaimed, bitterly. "But what else can we do? Our
tires are too thin to drive 25 miles each day." Richmond police periodically "relieve congestion and promote sanitary living
conditions" by asking these people to move somewhere else - usually just beyond the city limits, but there are always new
settlers for this eucalyptus grove not far from the Richmond Shipyards. "I've seen 50 workmen sleeping in their cars there,"
one man said.
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UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
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