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December 1941. "San Juan, Puerto Rico. In a dress factory." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
I always wound a bunch of bobbins up ahead of time. Never thought to wind them as I sewed.
It's Puerto Rico and a sweatshop, but I don't think our modista is Puerto Rican.
[She is, and I'm not sure why you might think otherwise. - Dave]
I generally get a chuckle out of the titles heren, but you nearly got me this time till I caught the feathers.
We crossed a human with a pigeon, and got a Puerto Rican sweatshop worker.
... until I zoomed in.
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