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Subcontracting (Wilbarger and Sons). These are special jigs and chucks designed and made at Wilbarger and Sons Shop, Harrisonburg, Virginia, for special war production jobs. The workers in many thousands of little shops such as this are using all their ingenuity to do what they can to speed the job
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Credit lineSubcontracting (Wilbarger and Sons). These are special jigs and chucks designed and made at Wilbarger and Sons Shop, Harrisonburg, Virginia, for special war production jobs. The workers in many thousa. 1941-01-01. United States. Office For Emergency Management. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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