Vanished Trades

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Drying in the sun
1950s
The dyeing workers were drying the bleached fabric at the arena. It was a hot photographic topic in the 1950s. Due to technological advancement, fabrics are no longer dried outdoors now. The workers were working under the fierce sun and rained sweat. The stripes accentuated the upward looking subject at the bottom of the U-shaped composition.

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