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ACCESSION NUMBER   976:0021:0336
CATEGORY   Manufacturing
TITLE   Gulf Marine Iron Works
DESCRIPTION   Interior view of the Gulf Marine Iron Works in Corpus Christi, Texas. This business was also known as Gulf Coast Iron. A man in dirty work clothes and goggles sits on a metal drum in a large, corrugated steel structure filled with tools, machinery, shelves, and metal parts. The man is hard surfacing oil well bits with an acetylene torch. Another man stands can be seen leaning against a counter next to a metal vice in the background.
SUBJECT   Foundries. (lctgm)
Interiors. (lctgm)
Iron-works. (lcsh)
Laborers. (lctgm)
Men. (lcsh)
United States--Texas--Corpus Christi. (lcsh)
Workshops. (lcsh)