Peace Corps Volunteer Dave St. John, left, working a cinva ram machine with fellow workers at Población Jose Maria Caro, Nueva Palena, Chile

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Description: Peace Corps Volunteer Dave St. John 1965-1967 worked in urban community development in Nueva Palena, Chile. St. John worked with the community to build homes during Chile's mid-1960s urban housing deficit. This self-help housing project received a lot of publicity from New York Times reporter, Juan de Onis, philosopher Walter Lippmann, Robert Kennedy, and President Nixon.

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Peace Corps Volunteers at work in Chile

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Title: Peace Corps Volunteer Dave St. John, left, working a cinva ram machine with fellow workers at Población Jose Maria Caro, Nueva Palena, Chile
Creator(s): Muldoon-Ibrahim, Kay
Created: 1965/1967
Issued: 2017-10-02
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Topical Subject(s): Construction projects -- Chile ; Housing, Cooperative ; Neighborhoods -- Chile -- Santiago ; Slums -- Chile ; Volunteer workers in community development -- Chile
Subject(s) -- Corporate Name: Peace Corps (U.S.)
Subject(s) -- Personal Name: St. John, Dave
Continent: South America
Country: Chile
First Order Political Division: Región Metropolitana
City: Santiago
Rights Statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
Local Identifier: PCCA_Muldoon-Ibrahim_0045
URI / Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2294

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