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Conversion. Auto body plant. He used to be an automobile worker, but he's one of Uncle Sam's war workers these days, with the conversion of his company to the production of airplane parts. In the picture above he's driving rivets in an airplane tail section. Briggs Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Mi
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Credit lineConversion. Auto body plant. He used to be an automobile worker, but he's one of Uncle Sam's war workers these days, with the conversion of his company to the production of airplane parts. In the pict. 1942-01-01. 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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