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ALCOA employees at a citizenship class in Ogdensburg

ALCOA employees at a citizenship class in Ogdensburg

The members of an ALCOA Citizenship Class posing for a photo in patriotic costumes. Many ALCOA workers were immigrants who did not speak English or possess an education, so ALCOA offered a citizenship night class for workers. One black man and several women in group. Circa 1915. Massena.

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