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Transformer manufacture. Nimble fingers are essential to rapid and skilled winding of coils for distribution transformers; for this reason, women are often preferred for the job. Production of these coils has been stepped up enormously due to the war production program. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsyl
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Credit lineTransformer manufacture. Nimble fingers are essential to rapid and skilled winding of coils for distribution transformers; for this reason, women are often preferred for the job. Production of these c. 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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