All posts tagged "U.S. Public Health Service"
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6.4KNew HampshireIn Search of the Roosevelt Outhouse in New England
During the Great Depression, the U.S. government built 2.3 million outhouses in rural America. They earned several nicknames, including the Roosevelt Outhouse,...
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32.6K1ConnecticutThe Secret Killer of the Waterbury Radium Girls
Frances Splettscher was the first of the Waterbury radium girls to die. In 1921 at the age of 17, she had gone...
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