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#12 A homeless man sleeps next to a 50 gallon drum of burning scavenged wood, New York, 1970

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#12 A homeless man sleeps next to a 50 gallon drum of burning scavenged wood, New York, 1970

Dirty and Polluted New York City in the 1970s: Vintage Photos Show the Another Side of NYC Before the Great Clean-up Began

#12 A homeless man sleeps next to a 50 gallon drum of burning scavenged wood, New York, 1970

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