MARTINEZ — Nearly one in nine residents of Contra Costa County was illiterate in 1910, and most were foreign-born men from Europe. So said the 13th U.S. census, a snapshot of a century ago. The census ...

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At head of title, vols. I-VIII, X-XI: Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census; vol. IX: Department of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of the Census. E. Dana Durand ...