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Proud of his job. Smiling worker in an eastern arsenal hand finishes the interior surface of a cradle for an 8-inch gun, railway carriage
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Credit lineProud of his job. Smiling worker in an eastern arsenal hand finishes the interior surface of a cradle 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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