The Stillness Speaks. The morning this picture was taken, 17 employes reported for work at the Lan-Tex Hydraulic Cylinder plant in Hamilton, Tex. They were paid their last wages and told the company was leaving the town. Now the fight to attract new industry to the shrinking community has been lost.

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The Stillness Speaks. The morning this picture was taken, 17 employes reported for work at the Lan-Tex Hydraulic Cylinder plant in Hamilton, Tex. They were paid their last wages and told the company was leaving the town. Now the fight to attract new industry to the shrinking community has been lost.

[ca. October 1970]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Labor: Unemployment: Incl. Mass.

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