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Albert M. Bender, artist,
Chicago: Illinois WPA Art Project, [between 1936 and 1941].
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Mike Evans, a Welder
Mike Evans, a welder, at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of the C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.
Jack Delano, photographer,
1943.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Protect Your Hands!
Protect Your Hands! : You Work With Them,
Robert Muchley, artist,
Pennsylvania: Federal Art Project, [1936]
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Four Young Men Standing Around a Large Piece of Machinery in a Workshop
Four Young Men Standing Around a Large Piece of Machinery in a Workshop.
Chicago Daily New, Inc.,
1928.
Chicago Historical Society / Library of Congress
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