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This picture from Shorpy is captioned: January 1940.

Beaver Falls Tenement 1940 Linda 2009
This picture from Shorpy is captioned: January 1940.

Archive 2009-09-01 Linda 2009
Shorpy is a website that presents old photos, often several a day.

Scarfoglio has such a distinctive ring eddvick 2008
Thank you for posting this with the link to Shorpy.

Beaver Falls Tenement 1940 Linda 2009
You can also see more of Dorothea Lange's depression photographs here on Shorpy.

Archive 2009-02-01 Linda 2009
I did a survey of kitchens in photographs on Shorpy, and although this was among the poorer kitchens, it was also probably the cleanest, including among tenement kitchens photographed.

Archive 2009-02-01 Linda 2009
So, compared with many of the other kitchens you can view on Shorpy, many of which belong to poor people, this kitchen stood out.

"There But for the Grace of God Go I" Linda 2009
I did a survey of kitchens in photographs on Shorpy, and although this was among the poorer kitchens, it was also probably the cleanest, including among tenement kitchens photographed.

"There But for the Grace of God Go I" Linda 2009
So, compared with many of the other kitchens you can view on Shorpy, many of which belong to poor people, this kitchen stood out.

Archive 2009-02-01 Linda 2009
When I saw this kitchen on Shorpy, I was impressed with how clean and neat it was.

Archive 2009-02-01 Linda 2009