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Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This is a travograph-oxy-acetylene machine, a cutter which treads its own pattern. Here it is cutting two identical floor plates for a tank section at the bottom of a new member of the "Liberty Fleet." The work is done at what was formerly a freight car plant now a lar
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Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This is a travograph-oxy-acetylene machine, a cutter which treads its own pattern. Here it is cutting two identical floor plates for a tank section at the bottom of a new member of the "Liberty Fleet." The work is done at what was formerly a freight car plant now a lar

Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office Of War Information · 1941-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineShipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This is a travograph-oxy-acetylene machine, a cutter which treads its own pattern. Here it is cutting two identical floor plates for a tank section at the bottom of a ne. 1941-01-01. Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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