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Pine straw mattress factory

Women stuff mattresses with pine straw in a factory in Wilmington, North Carolina in January, 1934. In an adjacent room, two women sit in front of a large mound of pine straw and sort it into bunches. This work was a project of the Civilian Works Service.

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