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Close-Up of Photo on Marker
Photographer: Syd Whittle
Taken: February 11, 2009
Caption: Close-Up of Photo on Marker
Additional Description: [Text Reads:]
The September 1864 payroll reflects the hourly wage for freight handlers - a good salary for the times due to California's labor shortage. Paperwork kept the freight agent and his assistant busy verifying shipments, recording weights and collecting charges.

Submitted: February 11, 2009, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p52763
File Size: 0.169 Megabytes

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