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Men who could not find work might be offered a place at a relief camp, where they would endure close quarters and harsh conditions. Relief Project No. 27, pictured here, was located at the Ottawa Air Station in Rockcliffe, Ontario, 6 March 1933.

Black and white photograph. A small room with low, curved roof. Bunk beds, many filled with men, line both walls. There are tables in the middle of the room. Men stand around, or sit at the tables. — (Canadian Dept. of National Defence, Library and Archives Canada, MIKAN No. 3408333.)

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