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Men and Machines Louis Goldblatt   Photography Otto Hagel Self Published Longshoreman's Union, cira 1950ies, 160 pages Softcover in good condition, NO dust jacket   Text clean and unmarked, binding tight. It appears to have been kept in damp place as the pages show damp wrinkled, but none are or have been stuck together, and has slight musty smell, also it does have some water stains on several pages.  Cover shows signs of wear but is clean.     Commissioned by the Longshoreman's Union, this is their story. Told through photographs and text. Introduction by Harry Bridges and J. Paul St. Sure. Bridges was the mastermind behind one of the largest and most violent strikes by longshoremen on the west coast.