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Conversion. Hosiery factory. This mechanic used to tend machines which produced some of America's sheerest hosiery. Today he's working for America's armed forces on these same machines, which are producing mosquito netting for the Army and Navy. In the picture, he's servicing the mesh gears of a loo
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Credit lineConversion. Hosiery factory. This mechanic used to tend machines which produced some of America's sheerest hosiery. Today he's working for America's armed forces on these same machines, which are prod. 1942-01-01. Gruber, Edward, United States. Office For Emergency Management. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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