Provided by the Center for Disease Control's (CDC), National Ins

1943

Provided by the Center for Disease Control's (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), this historic 1943 image depicted a number of male construction workers on a construction site as they were taking a work break in order to eat lunch. These workers were drinking bottled milk with their meal.
The NIOSH Historic Photo Collection began as the `picture file' of the Industrial Hygiene Division of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS), c. 1930-1960. It is a unique collection of mid-20th Century images of American workers and workplaces and documents occupational safety and health research of that era. The collection consists of approximately 1,000 original photographs and schematic drawings.
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