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ACCESSION NUMBER   976:0021:0337
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. Three men stand stand and another sits in the center of a spacious warehouse filled with tools, metal parts, cables and chains. They are working on a brake band for an oil field hoisting drum. A fifth man can be seen in the background, sitting on a metal drum, using an unidentified piece of machinery. All the men wear work gloves.
SUBJECT   Foundries. (lctgm)
Interiors. (lctgm)
Iron-works. (lcsh)
Laborers. (lctgm)
Men. (lcsh)
United States--Texas--Corpus Christi. (lcsh)
Workshops. (lcsh)