Mr. Payton is an African American  man, sitting casually in a chair in front of a credenza. He is wearing a white turtle neck shirt with a red and blue checked quilted shirt over it. Behind him on the left end of the credenza is a stack of blankets and some books covered in plastic. To the right of the credenza you can see part of TV cart.
Elbert Payton
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"Yeah, I did........you would always have a packing boy, I mean, you know, they would other than, outside of being an attendant in the hot [pack] room, you see, yeah I gave mercury rub to quite a number of people here..........
-Well, you used rubber gloves, and it was in a tube, and it was just on the back of a person. Just put it on the back and down the spine; it would take just about, oh, about ten or fifteen minutes, there."
-Elbert Payton
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