Original vintage black-and-white photograph, circa early 1940s, showing a group of workers and management posed in front of the “Safety Follows Wisdom” monument at the Lehigh Portland Cement Company’s Union Bridge, Maryland plant. The monument commemorates the plant’s perfect safety record for 1939, 1940, and 1941.

A rare industrial history image capturing both the people and the pride of workplace safety culture during the WWII era. Excellent details of period clothing and the monument inscription.

• Size: approx. 8x10

• Original photo on period paper stock

• Crisp detail, light edge wear from age

• Not a reproduction

Perfect for collectors of Maryland history, industrial photography, or cement industry memorabilia.