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Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. A quality control inspector in a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation checks the weight of staple glass fiber to insure conformity with rigid specifications
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Credit lineFiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. A quality control inspector in a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation checks the weight of staple glass fiber to insure conformity wit. 1942-01-01. United States. Office For Emergency Management, Palmer, Alfred T.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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