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What Did A '40s Census-Taker Look Like?

A "test census" in South Bend, Ind., summer of 1939, ahead of the full, national census taken in the spring of 1940. (Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
A "test census" in South Bend, Ind., summer of 1939, ahead of the full, national census taken in the spring of 1940. (Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

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