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Working Lunch: 1939

April 1939. Kilgore, Texas. "Oilfield workers eating lunch." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

April 1939. Kilgore, Texas. "Oilfield workers eating lunch." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

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Eating the same thing (fried chicken?) and sharing a bottle of milk -- Mom packed their lunch.

Dejeuner sur le fumier

This scene makes lunch at my desk look utterly epicurean.

The gloves are off!

Only clean exposed parts. I can only imagine trying to eat otherwise.

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