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![[Women subway workers, N.Y.C., 1917: guard standing in subway doorway]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTcvMDEvMDEvd29tZW4tc3Vid2F5LXdvcmtlcnMtbnljLTE5MTctZ3VhcmQtc3RhbmRpbmctaW4tc3Vid2F5LWRvb3J3YXktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/465/jpg "[Women subway workers, N.Y.C., 1917: guard standing in subway doorway]")
![[Women subway workers, N.Y.C., 1917: guard kneeling over car coupling]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTcvMDEvMDEvd29tZW4tc3Vid2F5LXdvcmtlcnMtbnljLTE5MTctZ3VhcmQta25lZWxpbmctb3Zlci1jYXItY291cGxpbmctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/59/webp "[Women subway workers, N.Y.C., 1917: guard kneeling over car coupling]")
![[Women subway workers, N.Y.C., 1917: African American porter posed with cleaning gear]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTcvMDEvMDEvd29tZW4tc3Vid2F5LXdvcmtlcnMtbnljLTE5MTctYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1wb3J0ZXItcG9zZWQtd2l0aC1jbGVhbmluZy1nZWFyLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/57/webp "[Women subway workers, N.Y.C., 1917: African American porter posed with cleaning gear]")
![[Portrait of Mezz Mezzrow in his office, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDYvMDEvMDEvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtbWV6ei1tZXp6cm93LWluLWhpcy1vZmZpY2UtbmV3LXlvcmstbnktY2Etbm92LTE5NDYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/41/webp "[Portrait of Mezz Mezzrow in his office, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946]")
![[Portrait of Mezz Mezzrow in his office, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDYvMDEvMDEvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtbWV6ei1tZXp6cm93LWluLWhpcy1vZmZpY2UtbmV3LXlvcmstbnktY2Etbm92LTE5NDYtMS02NDAuanBn/40/41/webp "[Portrait of Mezz Mezzrow in his office, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946]")
![[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: man standing on railroad tracks holding twisted rail]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvbWlsaXRhcnktcmFpbHJvYWQtb3BlcmF0aW9ucy1pbi1ub3J0aGVybi12aXJnaW5pYS1tYW4tc3RhbmRpbmctb24tcmFpbHJvYWQtMS02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: man standing on railroad tracks holding twisted rail]")
![[Crowded street, possibly near a subway station]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvY3Jvd2RlZC1zdHJlZXQtcG9zc2libHktbmVhci1hLXN1YndheS1zdGF0aW9uLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "[Crowded street, possibly near a subway station]")
