Portrait of Lewis
Wickes Hine by
Sol Libsohn.
copyright 1995.
[91PH062.108]

Glass worker making
laboratory equipment in
a Millville (N.J.) glass
works. 1937.
[91PH056.095]

(Attaching string to glass
bottles). 1937.
[91PH056.104]

(Laboratory worker). ca. 1937. [91PH056.110]

(Glass blowers). ca. 1937. [91PH056.113]

Operator is weighing the tiny balance screws that correct the gain or loss of time. 1937. [91PH056.097]

Operator vibrates the hairsprings to insure time-keeping qualities of each watch. Hamilton Watch Co. 1937. [91PH056.098]

After rectifying an escape wheel, operator inspects each piece to determine its degree of perfection. Hamilton Watch Co., Lancaster, Penn., 1937. [91PH056.099]

Adjusting railroad watches. Hamilton Watch Co., Lancaster, Penn., 1937. [91PH056.107]

Inspecting barrel bridges in Hamilton Watch factory, Lancaster, Penn., 1937. [91PH056.108]

Old operative twisting warp ends by hand. New Jersey. 1930's. [91PH056.031]

Close-up of hands of "winder operator" in a N.C. cotton mill, showing how broken threads are rapidly tied by hand. North Carolina, 1937. [91PH056.100]

twisting in a New England silk mill, 1937. [91PH056.102]

Self-acting "spinning mules" in a Philadelphia wooden mill. This is fairly skilled work. 1937. [91PH056.103]

Textile worker tying broken threads by hand (a "quiller"), Patterson, N.J. 1937. [91PH056.106]

(Carpenters assembling a table). ca. 1937. [91PH056.109]

Skilled cabinet worker in radio cabinet shop. Camden, N.J. 1937. [91PH056.096]

Final inspector in a radio factory. His is a very highly skilled job. Camden, N.J. 1937. [91PH056.105]

Man & micrometer. Skilled mechanic using micrometer to measure (to 1/1000th of an inch) the drive shaft he is fashioning. 1920. [91PH056.111]

Precision mechanic using depth-gauge on a metal boring. New York City. 1930. [91PH056.112]