The Back Bay dump, the last frontier for pioneering Portlanders will serve no more as a haven for jobless men, the City Council decreed Monday night. Today, Shanty Town was shrouded in gloom. Bill Powers, upper left, and his wife must leave this shack for which he paid $30 last Fall.

Portland Press Herald photo courtesy Portland Public Library Special Collections and Archives

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