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John Doolittle: "Ward Worker"

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Description: This character of a "ward worker" photograph was taken for Smiles magazine. On the wall behind the man a small American flag is propped on the apart...
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Packinghouse Worker

Date: 1942
Description: Portrait of a meat packinghouse worker wearing a striped hat. He has an unlit cigarette in his mouth. The button on his hat reads: "Vote UPWA CIO."
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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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Payday for Field Workers on Sisal Plantation

Date: 1949
Description: A manager pays a field worker on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Mr. Monroe paying the field workers."
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Scenery at Necedah

Date: 1935
Description: View looking north across the Highway 21 bridge at Necedah Lake. A man, likely a Resettlement Administration worker, stands holding a pipe in the foregroun...
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Workers Gathering at Cucumber Receiving Station

Date: 1967
Description: Workers gathering at a cucumber receiving station after striking.

Strikes in Wisconsin were organized by the Obreros Unidos (United Workers),as an indepe...

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