Research technician Bill Machmer, 40, divorced since 1990, holding handful of letters as he stands in front of roadside billboard emblazoned w. 4 MIDDLE CLASS WHITE MALES, 32-39, SEEK WIVES, KIDS OK, WRITE PO BOX 42829-151 HOUSTON for which he & 3 men ea.ch paid $2500-a-mo. (Photo by Mark Perlstein/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)
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