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Conversion. Hosiery factory. Built to ordnance specifications, this dye padder is used to apply a chemical (permalon) finish on mosquito netting. The permalon stiffens the netting and prevents shrinkage in it. The machine has been installed in an Eastern hosiery mill which is at present forty-percen
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Credit lineConversion. Hosiery factory. Built to ordnance specifications, this dye padder is used to apply a chemical (permalon) finish on mosquito netting. The permalon stiffens the netting and prevents shrinka. 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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