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Faces From An American Dream
A List of Photographs by Martin J. Desht

All works are 11" x 14" black and white silver-gelatin original photographs.

1. North Broad and Wallace Streets, Philadelphia, 1997.

2. Oil Burner Repairman. Former industrial worker. Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1993.

3. Tattooed youths. Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1995.

4. Former steelworkers. Southside Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1998.

5. Papermill worker and daughter. Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1990.

6. Scene. North Broad Street, near Parrish, Philadelphia, 1997.

7. Philadelphia volunteer. North Broad and Green Streets, 1997.

8. Tattooed youth. Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1995.

9. Recent arrivals. North Seventh Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1996. A small industrial city in eastern Pennsylvania. 

10. Recent arrivals. North Seventh Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1996. 

11. Los nuevos americanos. Hill and Mechanic Streets, Southside Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1998. A small industrial town once famous for steelmaking and railroads. 

12. View west. Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1990.

13. Center City Produce. North Broad and Melon Street, Philadelphia, 1997.

14. Inner-city youths. Ninth and Firth Streets. Philadelphia, 1998.

15. Scene. Pine and Elder Street. Easton, Pennsylvania, 1998.

16. Street Scene. Shamokin, Pennsylvania, 1992.

17. Scene. North Broad Street near Girard Avenue. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1996. 

18. Scene. Oxford Street at North Broad Street. Philadelphia, 1996.

19. Monessen youth. Monessen, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 1990. A small steeltown in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

20. Rolling mills and coke works. Bethlehem Steel Corporation. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1990.

21. Row homes. "Sinking Housing district." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1998. 

22. Two youths working salvage. Former industrial workers. Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 1990.

23. Industrial welder and daughter. Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1990.

24. Former garment worker. Northeastern Pennsylvania, 1991.

25. Two garage mechanics. Former industrial workers. Northampton County, Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1993.

26. Family on steps. Easton, Pennsylvania, 1994.

27. "Honest Lou's Pest Control." North Broad Street, Philadelphia, 1997.

28. Neuweiler's Brewery. Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1990.

29. Office secretaries. Easton, Pennsylvania, 1990.

30. North Broad and Clearview Streets, Philadelphia, 1996. A once heavily industrialized section of the city. 

31. Hillside houses. Monessen, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 1990.

32. Mid-town Pepsi. Reading, Pennsylvania, 

33. Single-needle garment worker, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, 1992.

34. Inner-city youth. North Seventh Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1996.                                

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