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![[Linotype compositors at work, N.Y. World]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvbGlub3R5cGUtY29tcG9zaXRvcnMtYXQtd29yay1ueS13b3JsZC02NDAuanBn/320/246/jpg "[Linotype compositors at work, N.Y. World]")
![[Department of Labor naturalization class]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTEvZGVwYXJ0bWVudC1vZi1sYWJvci1uYXR1cmFsaXphdGlvbi1jbGFzcy01MGU2NWQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Department of Labor naturalization class]")
![Portrait photo of [Department of Labor naturalization class]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvZGVwYXJ0bWVudC1vZi1sYWJvci1uYXR1cmFsaXphdGlvbi1jbGFzcy02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "Portrait photo of [Department of Labor naturalization class]")
![[Linotype machine, printing room, N.Y. World]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvbGlub3R5cGUtbWFjaGluZS1wcmludGluZy1yb29tLW55LXdvcmxkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[Linotype machine, printing room, N.Y. World]")
![[William Lemke at desk] - Public domain portrait photograph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzYvMDEvMDEvd2lsbGlhbS1sZW1rZS1hdC1kZXNrLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[William Lemke at desk] - Public domain portrait photograph")
![A drawing of a room filled with people [Exposition universelle] - Print, Library of Congress collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvZXhwb3NpdGlvbi11bml2ZXJzZWxsZS1kY2E3ZWUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "A drawing of a room filled with people [Exposition universelle] - Print, Library of Congress collection")
![[Italian composer in England], Thomas Rowlandson](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvaXRhbGlhbi1jb21wb3Nlci1pbi1lbmdsYW5kLTRkN2M1ZC02NDAuanBn/40/56/webp "[Italian composer in England], Thomas Rowlandson")
