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Algerian Red Crescent Worker

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker is examining a woman's face in a tent as another Algerian woman and her child are looking on.
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Railroad Worker

Date: 10 13 1977
Description: A man wearing a hardhat and carrying a tool is walking along railroad tracks. Caption reads: "A railroad worker walked along a line in the Menomonee Valley...
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Laying Asphalt

Date: 07 07 1988
Description: A worker wipes his brow as he spreads asphalt on a driveway on a hot summer day.
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Filling Potholes

Date: 04 27 1987
Description: A city worker fills in holes in the road in mild spring weather.
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Algerian Red Crescent Worker

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker preparing a syringe while squatting on the ground near boulders. In front of him is a collection of ...
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Smokey The Bear, Woodsy Owl and Kids

Date: 06 05 1989
Description: People costumed as Smokey The Bear and Woodsy Owl play outdoors with children as a forest service worker looks on.
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Red Cross Worker Serves Coffee

Date: 03 1945
Description: Betty Sullivan, a Red Cross Worker, serving coffee and talking with B-29 crew at Kobler Field in Saipan. Sullivan is reaching for a large coffee pot and is...
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Linda Luna Washing Clothes at Migrant Worker Camp

Date: 07 1970
Description: Linda Luna of Auraura, Illinois washes clothes at a basin outside a cabin in a migrant worker camp in Door County. Several articles of clothing are lying i...
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Construction Graphics

Date: 1976
Description: A construction worker is perched on top of steel beams during construction of a large building.
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Juan Almeida Bosque at Construction Site

Date: 1959
Description: Juan Almeida Bosque, operating chief of the Cuban Air Force, hammering a spike into a block of concrete with the help of a construction worker.
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Alberto Herrera and Baby Brother

Date: 07 1970
Description: Alberto Herrera watching his baby brother who is in a cradle suspended between bunk beds in a migrant worker cabin near Sister Bay. Two baby bottles sit on...
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Impoverished Tannery Worker

Date: 03 02 1965
Description: A man is holding a young girl in his arms. She is holding a bag of Geiser's potato chips. Caption reads: "Poverty faces this father's six daughters, 3 to 1...
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The Brewery and the Brewer

Date: 1961
Description: Elevated view of the brewing kettles at the Pabst Brewery. A brewery worker is walking up the stairs in between the kettles.
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Christmas is Coming

Date: 11 1976
Description: A city worker putting up holiday decorations on a light pole using a telescopic forklift.
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WWII Red Cross Worker

Date: 03 1945
Description: Betty Sullivan, a Red Cross worker, serves coffee in the interrogation room at Kobler Field, Saipan, for a B-29 flight crew that had just returned from a b...
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Child with Injured Foot

Date: 08 1957
Description: A young Algerian girl has her foot treated by a Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker in a tent. The man is wrapping the girl's foot in bandages. She ...
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People's Craft Co-Operative Product Inspection

Date: 12 10 1968
Description: A man is sitting while examining a small wooden barn. A wooden wheelbarrow and small airplane model are adjacent to the barn. Caption reads: "A small barn,...
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Joe Oulahan

Date: 08 20 1989
Description: A man is sitting on the railing of a back porch, with a garage and lawn in the background. Caption reads: "Joe Oulahan, 32, came here from Connecticut 15 y...
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The Cabbage Patch

Date: 10 20 1988
Description: A man is sitting on a flatbed covered in baskets of cabbages, and is holding up two cabbages. He is wearing overalls, and a cap that reads: "Puerto Rico." ...
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Flushing Tar Dye

Date: 07 29 1983
Description: A man is using a hose to wash a street. Behind him, a man is driving by in a car. A sign for Doc's Coin Mart is on the building behind the car. Caption rea...

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