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Conversion. Hosiery factory. She wears them but she doesn't make them any more. Conversion of a large Eastern mill from production of women's stockings to mosquito netting for the Army and Navy, gives this worker a vital defense job. She's drawing yarn from warp machine into warp beams prior to its
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Credit lineConversion. Hosiery factory. She wears them but she doesn't make them any more. Conversion of a large Eastern mill from production of women's stockings to mosquito netting for the Army and Navy, gives. 1942-01-01. Gruber, Edward, United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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