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Oil industry workers

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  • A workshop in which oils are made from trees, nuts, berries etc. for foodstuffs and medicines. Woodcut by J. Amman.

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    China during the Cultural Revolution: Premier Zhou Enlai talking to oil workers in the Great Hall of the People and emphasizing the importance of Mao Zhedong's thoughts. Colour lithograph after Wang Tieniu and others, 1977.

    Wang, Tieniu. | Date: July 1977 | Reference: 661011i
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    China during the Cultural Revolution: the Great Leap Forward shown by women steeple jacks working on high towers in oil refineries (left) and on high pylons in the electricity industry (right). Colour lithograph after Xue Jinggui and others, 1974.

    Xue, Jinggui. | Date: November 1974 | Reference: 661330i
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    A workshop in which oils are made from trees, nuts, berries etc. for foodstuffs and medicines. Woodcut by J. Amman.

    Amman, Jost, 1539-1591. | Date: [1568] | Reference: 34957i

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