John Q. Public, who is interested in seeing that his neighbors get a square deal from the city government, visits Oscar E. Hewitt, city commissioner of public works, and learns that if materials could be paid for on the cash on delivery basis contractors might not put their bids on public construction so high.
Vaughn Shoemaker1938, published March 26, 1938
Accession Number
211100
Medium
Gelatin silver prints with paper and paint collaged
Dimensions
Image/paper: 20.2 × 267 cm (8 × 105 1/8 in.)
Classification
mixed media
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Robin and Sandy Stuart
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