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Worker at Grinding Machine by Lewis Hine — VisualArtsDB

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Worker at Grinding Machine

Worker at Grinding Machine

Worker at Grinding Machine

1930–1931

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 19.2 × 24.2 cm (7 9/16 × 9 9/16 in.); Paper: 20.3 × 25.3 cm (8 × 10 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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