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Bill Owens We’re the last of the gandy dancers or track gangs. All track laying is completely automated. The railroad doesn’t need people, it needs machines. Gandys used to sing all day and pull their pincher bars on a particular word. We just pull on numbers. from the series Working (I Do It For The Money) (1975 (printed 2006))

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Artist
Bill Owens
Title
We’re the last of the gandy dancers or track gangs. All track laying is completely automated. The railroad doesn’t need people, it needs machines. Gandys used to sing all day and pull their pincher bars on a particular word. We just pull on numbers. from the series Working (I Do It For The Money)
Date
1975 (printed 2006)
Tags
Photograph
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
8 × 10 inches (20.32 × 25.4 cm)
Accession Number
2019.17.93
Credit Line
Gift of Charles (A.B.’84) and Linda Googe

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