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Glass Works - Day Shift. Location: Indiana.

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01/01/1908
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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
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Indiana (Pa.) ,  40.62139, -79.15250
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A closed glass works in Rochester, Pennsylvania, now used for car storage

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