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Factory floor life

by David Sterling
Fruit of the Loom factory. Ricky Agnew blows the lint off the yarn in the knitting room.
Fruit of the Loom factory. The sewing room.
Fruit of the Loom factory. The warehouse where orders are filled and shipped.
Fruit of the Loom factory.
Fruit of the Loom factory. Charlotte Ross concentrates while sewing.
Fruit of the Loom factory.
Fruit of the Loom factory. Joyce Turner. Flat lock operator closing the bottom of men’s briefs.
Fruit of the Loom factory. Clocking out at the end of the day.

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