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Image Not Available for Iceland is not rich in mineral resources. Fishing is one of its main exports. Here a worker in a fish meal factory brings the dried fish heads to the machines.
Iceland is not rich in mineral resources. Fishing is one of its main exports. Here a worker in a fish meal factory brings the dried fish heads to the machines.
Image Not Available for Iceland is not rich in mineral resources. Fishing is one of its main exports. Here a worker in a fish meal factory brings the dried fish heads to the machines.

Iceland is not rich in mineral resources. Fishing is one of its main exports. Here a worker in a fish meal factory brings the dried fish heads to the machines.

Creator Keystone
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 24 x 18.2 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
Object number2002/1644
LocationNot currently on display

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Image Not Available for Stacks of dried fish surround the factory.
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