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Machine operator Orlando Lee at work at dyeing tank; dye is absorbed by the silk as rollers are rotated.

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Machine operator Orlando Lee at work at dyeing tank; dye is absorbed by the silk as rollers are rotated.

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01/01/1994

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Contributors

Taylor, David Alan, 1951- (Collaborator)

Lee, Orlando (Depicted)

Cooper, Martha (Photographer)

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

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Library of Congress

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