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Bert Reales sharpening a cutting tool prior to using it in his lathe. In larger shops tool cutters were a separate specialty, but at Watson, machinists cut their own tools.

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Bert Reales sharpening a cutting tool prior to using it in his lathe. In larger shops tool cutters were a separate specialty, but at Watson, machinists cut their own tools.

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Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 8, 1994.

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Date

01/01/1994

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Contributors

Reales, Humberto (Depicted)

McCarl, Robert (Photographer)

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Paterson (N.J.), 40.91667, -74.17194

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Library of Congress

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