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Unsanitary outdoor privy at labor camp in Mathis, Texas

60-210-14 (untitled)
Accession Number
60-210-14
6.75x4.75 inches
Black & White
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Related Collection
White House Central Files: Official File
Keywords
Labor camps
Sanitation
HST Keywords
Texas, Mathis
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Description
Unsanitary conditions of an outdoor privy at a school in the labor camp in Mathis, Texas. The inside open privy is clogged up so students have started defecating outside. This photo was sent to President Harry S. Truman by Hector Garcia of the League of United Latin American Citizens.
Date(s)
May 1948