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Individual attention for the big shells. Visual inspection during manufacture of shells for the Army's new guns. Thousands of these are coming down the production lines at a large eastern arsenal
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Credit lineIndividual attention for the big shells. Visual inspection during manufacture of shells for the Army's new guns. Thousands of these are coming down the production lines at a large eastern arsenal. 1942-01-01. United States. Office Of War Information, Palmer, Alfred T.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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