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No margin for error here. Micrometer readings are taken to make sure that every part fits perfectly in the guns being manufactured for war purposes. This worker is inspecting a breech ring for medium-caliber guns in a large eastern arsenal
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No margin for error here. Micrometer readings are taken to make sure that every part fits perfectly in the guns being manufactured for war purposes. This worker is inspecting a breech ring for medium-caliber guns in a large eastern arsenal

United States. Office Of War Information, Palmer, Alfred T. · 1942-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineNo margin for error here. Micrometer readings are taken to make sure that every part fits perfectly in the guns being manufactured for war purposes. This worker is inspecting a breech ring for medium-. 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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