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Steve Carr, a photographer for "On the Job in Illinois", uses his Nikon camera to photograph himself the mirror of a vehicle.

Two women sit on top of a power shovel dipper while two men stand behind a horse-drawn wagon and its driver at the side of the dipper.Photo caption: "Largest all-manganese steel power shovel dipper ever made, 15 cubic yards 37 tons, shipped Feb.…

An employee scoops dry ice into a container on top of a piece of unidentified machinery at Chemetron in Chicago.

A woman uses the "Mailomat", a coin-operated postage machine, outside of a Chicago post office.

A United States Mail parade float featuring two men in postal employee uniforms in front of a large mailbox appears in a parade in Chicago on behalf of the United States Postal Service.

Workers take a metalogical sampling at the #4 Basic Oxygen Furnace of Inland Steel in East Chicago, Indiana.On verso: "East Chicago, Indiana 1970; Basic Oxygen Furnace "BOF" metallurgists. Metallurgical sampling at the #4 B.O.F.; Astra DD…

A man stands in front of a building pressing a button on a radiotelephone.Photo caption: "A product truly ahead of its time, the DYNA-T.A.C. portable radiotelephone system, first demonstrated by Motorola in 1973, is similar to a normal dial…

Photo caption: "Caskets move through Paint Room on conveyor for color and finish coat. Progress Industries, Inc., Arthur, Ill."

Employees work on bicycles in the assembly shop at the Schwinn Bicycle Factory in Chicago.

An unidentified ANCO employee takes his lunch break.

Several workers prep and paint the exterior of an American Airlines aircraft.

A worker sets type at the La Salle Street Press in Chicago.

A worker fills large bags with white cake mix at the General Mills facility in St. Charles.

A forklift operator moves boxes of Cheerios houses in the General Mills facility in West Chicago.

A female employee combs cotton gauze at Johnson & Johnson.

A contractor displays several warnings on his hard hat.

Several men work on a construction project.

An unidentified Sara Lee employee fills aluminum pie tins on an assembly line with cinnamon roll dough.