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Mobile defender. A big piece for a railway gun is polished up. Worker at an eastern arsenal, engages in a finishing operation on the trunnion bearing ring for an 8-inch gun railway carriage
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Mobile defender. A big piece for a railway gun is polished up. Worker at an eastern arsenal, engages in a finishing operation on the trunnion bearing ring for an 8-inch gun railway carriage

Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office For Emergency Management · 1942-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineMobile defender. A big piece for a railway gun is polished up. Worker at an eastern arsenal, engages in a finishing operation on the trunnion bearing ring for an 8-inch gun railway carriage. 1942-01-01. Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office For Emergency Management. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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