Image:Lewis Hine Power house mechanic working on steam pump.jpg

Lewis Hine's 1920 Power house mechanic working on steam pump, one of his "work portraits", shows a working class American in an industrial setting. The carefully posed subject, a young man with wrench in hand, is hunched over, surrounded by the machinery that defines his job. But while constrained by the machinery (almost a metal womb), the man is straining against it—muscles taut, with a determined look—in an iconic representation of masculinity.

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Records of the Work Progress Administration. (69-RH-4L-2)

Source: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/picturing_the_century/portfolios/port_hine.html (links to hi-res image)

Image is not currently (as of 2007-03-22) in the ARC catalog. File 69-RH is available under ARC identifier 518289 (search at http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/basic_search.jsp), but it currently only contains a single photo (ARC identifier 518290, item 69-RH-4K-1).

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