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Waxing the Floor
Waxing the Floor
Waxing the Floor

Waxing the Floor

Photographer (born 1939 Chicago, Illinois)
Date1973
Mediumsilver negative
Dimensions2 3/16 × 2 1/8 in. (5.6 × 5.4 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Richard A. Ruddy
Object numberPA2019.010.307
DescriptionMembers of the janitorial night shift wax and clean the tiles floors of a hallway outside the Emergency Room at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. One man uses a wax machine across the floors and another uses a mop or broom in the back area of the hallway. A sign in the foreground reads, "Wet Floor Caution".
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