Factory-floor life as seen at the Positive Lock Company, Washington DC, USA in 1959. The workers are at lathes, large drills and grinding tools in this workshop. In the background is a small forklift truck. Small factories producing goods using skilled local labour was very much the norm in America in the years before automation and cheaper overseas competition came into play. This image is from an old American Kodak amateur colour transparency – a vintage 1950s photograph.
Factory-floor life as seen at the Positive Lock Company, Washington DC, USA in 1959. The workers are at lathes, large drills and grinding tools in this workshop. In the background is a small forklift truck. Small factories producing goods using skilled local labour was very much the norm in America in the years before automation and cheaper overseas competition came into play. This image is from an old American Kodak amateur colour transparency. It will look soft if used at too large a size – a vintage 1950s photograph.
Size: 3307px × 2242px
Location: Washington DC, USA
Photo credit: © M&N / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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