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In 1960 drinking water was filtered through deep beds of sand whose actual treatment was performed by a layer of living organisms on the surface, cleaned by men…
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In 1960 a chocolate works took in raw beans by the sack, roasted them, cracked and winnowed them, ground the nib, ran the result in a conche for…
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In 1960 a hotel kitchen ran as a military hierarchy in a hot basement, on split shifts spanning fourteen hours, six days a week, with a great many…
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In 1960 toys were painted with finishes that contained lead, pressed from tinplate with cut edges left exposed, moulded on machines the operator reached into, and sold with…
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In 1965 your photographs went away in a paper envelope and came back a week or more later, and until they did you had no idea whether any…
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In 1960 a great many buttons were cut out of freshwater mussel shell with a hollow drill under water, then ground, drilled, polished and sorted by hand into…