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[DIEGO RIVERA INDUSTRIAL MURAL, DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS]

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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Diego Rivera on scaffolding painting section of mural - Rivera with another man looking at and talking about mural - worker holding up pigment can, using microbalance to weigh paint ingredients - close-up of microbalance - small retort over Bunsen burner, worker stirring contents. [1933]

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Collection

Ford Motor Company Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects

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Date
1933-01-01
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2:12

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