Road Workers

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A lithograph depicting a crew of seven men working on a bridge. In the center, one of the workers uses a jackhammer on the pavement, while two of the other road workers are bent over cylindrical objects. Above them is the boom and hook of a crane. In the background, a boat sits in the water in front of a line of buildings. There are three inscriptions in pencil just beneath the image: the title [Road Workers] at left, [Artist Proof] at center, and [James L. Wells @40] at right.

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