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Feeling blue: how denim built America – in pictures


Originally used as workwear for back-breaking jobs, these vintage images show the fabric’s role in dragging the US out of the Great Depression

Originally used as workwear for back-breaking jobs, these vintage images show the fabric’s role in dragging the US out of the Great Depression Main image: ‘Relentlessly toiling’ … Chicago and North Western Railroad roadhouse, Iowa, 1943 Thu 28 Nov 2024 02.00 EST

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