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Tending their "tatting." Men at an eastern Navy yard manufacture a boat grippe in the rigging loft of the big government plant now rushing parts and appliances of all kinds for our Navy
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Credit lineTending their "tatting." Men at an eastern Navy yard manufacture a boat grippe in the rigging loft of the big government plant now rushing parts and appliances of all kinds for our Navy. 1941-01-01. 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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