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Machine Shop Worker
A man wearing safety goggles and an apron while working in a machine shop. He may be part of a safety program.
Canning Factory
1977
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 gloves, and many of them have scarves or hats.
Two Blacksmiths
Two men are standing in a blacksmith shop. One man is working at an anvil, the other stands with his hands on his hips. They are wearing leather aprons. Hundreds of horseshoes hang from nails in th...
Winter Repair
December 1976
A workman is welding new cleats on a "Cat" (Caterpillar excavator) at an iron mine. Smoke obscures the cab.
Warming Work
circa 1974
Two railroad workers are pulling on a chain next to a railroad car carrying coal.
