Female drilling workers

女鑽探工
Nü zuantan gong
Female drilling workers
1953, November
Huadong renmin meishu chubanshe (华东人民美术出版社), Shanghai
39x53 cm.
PC-1953-s-012

A group, carrying a red flag and red ribbons, has brought flowers to three women working at a drilling well. The text on the red banner: Celebrate the establishment of the 8 March Drilling Group - 慶祝三八鑽探組成立 (8 March refers to International Women's Day). In the background on the right a hydropower dam is under construction.