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Portrait of Four Workmen

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Description: Four workmen, two sitting and two standing, pose for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. They are all wearing hats, and there is a wood rusti...
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Weighing a Bale of Sisal Fiber

Date: 1949
Description: A worker carefully weighs a bale of sisal fiber, possibly at an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Weighing the bale of s...
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Metal Finishing Room at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of men working in the metal finishing room of the McCormick Reaper Works factory. Metal parts are stacked on the floor and the room is suppor...
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Learning to Shoe Horses

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Description: Men conscripted to learn horseshoeing pose together at the American Express Company. A horse is partially visible on the left side of the image. Rows of ho...
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Three Men in a Shoeshine Shop

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Description: Two African American men working in a shoeshine shop. The younger man is shining the shoes of a white customer who is sitting in one of the chairs on the e...

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