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Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Keeping the chips flying. An automatic screw machine that was turning watch case crowns a year ago now works on bomb fuse baffles as a large Kentucky factory goes entirely on war Production. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky
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Credit lineConversion. Watch cases to war production. Keeping the chips flying. An automatic screw machine that was turning watch case crowns a year ago now works on bomb fuse baffles as a large Kentucky factory. 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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