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Bantam, Connecticut. Arthur Metz was a cutter in a large Bridgeport upholstery shop before coming to the Warren McArthur plant, in April 1941. He's a native of St. Louis, Missouri, having come east in 1929. An expert with the electric knife, Metz daily drives the thirty-five miles between the plant
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Credit lineBantam, Connecticut. Arthur Metz was a cutter in a large Bridgeport upholstery shop before coming to the Warren McArthur plant, in April 1941. He's a native of St. Louis, Missouri, having come east in. 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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