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![[16-year old Charles Nichols working in shoemaker's shop in Colorado Reform School, ca. 1920]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvMTYteWVhci1vbGQtY2hhcmxlcy1uaWNob2xzLXdvcmtpbmctaW4tc2hvZW1ha2Vycy1zaG9wLWluLWNvbG9yYWRvLXJlZm9ybS1zY2hvb2wtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/226/jpg "[16-year old Charles Nichols working in shoemaker's shop in Colorado Reform School, ca. 1920]")
![Anacostia High School, [Washington, D.C.], 1939, carpenter shop](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzkvMDEvMDEvYW5hY29zdGlhLWhpZ2gtc2Nob29sLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtMTkzOS1jYXJwZW50ZXItc2hvcC02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "Anacostia High School, [Washington, D.C.], 1939, carpenter shop")
![[Massachusetts. Lynn. shoe factories, 1895?: "Miss Eliza Combs, typical old maid worker"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTUvMDEvMDEvbWFzc2FjaHVzZXR0cy1seW5uLXNob2UtZmFjdG9yaWVzLTE4OTUtbWlzcy1lbGl6YS1jb21icy10eXBpY2FsLW9sZC1tYWlkLXdvcmtlci02NDAuanBn/40/51/webp "[Massachusetts. Lynn. shoe factories, 1895?: \"Miss Eliza Combs, typical old maid worker\"]")
![In memoriam James Clark Welling. [Washington, 1894].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTMvaW4tbWVtb3JpYW0tamFtZXMtY2xhcmstd2VsbGluZy13YXNoaW5ndG9uLTE4OTQtMWViNmMwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/51/webp "In memoriam James Clark Welling. [Washington, 1894].")
![In memoriam James Clark Welling. [Washington, 1894].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTMvaW4tbWVtb3JpYW0tamFtZXMtY2xhcmstd2VsbGluZy13YXNoaW5ndG9uLTE4OTQtNzdlNTczLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/51/webp "In memoriam James Clark Welling. [Washington, 1894].")
![[Woman distributing work in a shoe factory, Lynn, Massachusetts.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTUvMDEvMDEvd29tYW4tZGlzdHJpYnV0aW5nLXdvcmstaW4tYS1zaG9lLWZhY3RvcnktbHlubi1tYXNzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/57/webp "[Woman distributing work in a shoe factory, Lynn, Massachusetts.]")
![[16 pastels of Venice by James McNeill Whistler made during his stay from 1879 to 1880]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDkvMTYtcGFzdGVscy1vZi12ZW5pY2UtYnktamFtZXMtbWNuZWlsbC13aGlzdGxlci1tYWRlLWR1cmluZy1oaXMtc3RheS1mcm9tLTE4NzktNzdlOWFmLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "[16 pastels of Venice by James McNeill Whistler made during his stay from 1879 to 1880]")
