Social Security 1937

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Item title reads - Social Security!

Washington D.C. America (USA).

M/S of a man tattooing a social security number on the bottom of another man's foot. The idea is it will always be there and you can never forget it. M/S as a young black man has his number tattooed on his arm. M/S...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39981
Sort Number:
PT 380
Time in/Out:
01:22:30:00 / 01:23:42:00
Canister:
PT 380
Film ID:
1154.10
Issue Date:
05/07/1937

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