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miner, bootlegger, prostitute, petty thief, store owner, farmer, politician, laborer, pump repairer, photo engraver, stenogra- pher, telephone operator, soldier, packing-plant worker, sign painter, truck driver, junkman, musician, painter, seamstress, house cleaner, and restaurant worker. Some Ishmaelite junk dealers had actually gained semiofficial status since the days of McCulloch; one was even made "caretaker of the dump" in Indianapolis and given a badge by the city "indicating that he alone has the right to pick junk from that par- ticular dump in return
