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Title
Workers in the currency trimming room in what appears to be a Bureau of Engraving and Printing facility in Washington, D.C., ca.1925
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1925
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of workers in the currency trimming room in what appears to be a Bureau of Engraving and Printing facility in Washington, D.C., ca.1925. Rows of women seated in front of elaborate cutting machines are shown. In the right foreground, a single woman appears to be seated at the only table without one such machine. To the left, a second woman in the foreground, cuts in front of a large pile of trimmings. Windows can be seen at left, right and at the back of the room.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m22730 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-49316
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m22730
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-49316.jpg
Subject
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
U.S. Currency
Printing machinery and supplies
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1925
Place
USA
Washington, D.C.
Source
49316 [Accession number]
CHS-49316 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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