Old-time photo of the day: Trailer camp life in Des Moines

8:48 AM, Feb. 23, 2011  |  

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From 1938: Here's the caption: "Chinese checkers is a favorite diversion of the road builders' trailer camp. Here, Mrs. C.O. Shope (left) of Asheville, N.C., and Mrs. J. Benderoff of Ames have a game in the Shopes' trailer."

An accompanying story described the camps springing up around the state as workers moved from one spot to the next, working on state roads.