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Mrs. Hazel Wheeler places screws into electric terminals. Mrs. Wheeler who lives in Bantam with her husband, a machinist at the Warren MacArthur Plant there, was in a happy state of mind when this picture was taken. She had just learned definitely that all was well with her son, attached to a naval
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Credit lineMrs. Hazel Wheeler places screws into electric terminals. Mrs. Wheeler who lives in Bantam with her husband, a machinist at the Warren MacArthur Plant there, was in a happy state of mind when this pic. 1942-01-01. Hollem, Howard R., United States. Office For Emergency Management. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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