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| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A large group of men pose on the wooden framework of a barn that they are building. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A crew of men crushing rock for Senator James H. Stout's improved highway. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The farmer and his wife are making soap outdoors. Lye is made by letting rain water seep through wood ashes for several months. Lye and fat produce soap. T... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A woman factory worker sorting parts at Globe Union Manufacturing Company, maker of batteries, radio apparatus, and spark plugs. |
| Date: | 07 1945 |
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| Description: | View from side of women sitting in a row working on an assembly line in a perfume factory. |
| Date: | 07 1951 |
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| Description: | A man repairing fishing nets wound on large reels at a fishery. |
| Date: | 10 20 1951 |
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| Description: | A man at the forge in Albert Smith's blacksmith shop. On the right is an Aetna No. 25 stove. Tools are hanging on the edge of the forge. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Bay West Paper Company with paper converting machinery. Men in uniform are running the equipment. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A blacksmith working at his forge. He is wearing a leather apron to protect his clothes from the heat. |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | A crane setting a new steeple on the Pilgrim Congregational Church. People are standing near the crane on the ground, and men are standing on the roof help... |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | Two railroad workers are pulling on a chain next to a railroad car carrying coal. |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | A construction worker is perched on top of steel beams during construction of a large building. |
| Date: | 12 1976 |
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| Description: | A workman is welding new cleats on a "Cat" (Caterpillar excavator) at an iron mine. Smoke obscures the cab. |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of women who are working processing corn on a canning assembly line at the Fall River Canning Company. They are wearing aprons and g... |
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