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Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Sighting one of the "guns" of production. A diemaker in a converted Kentucky watch case factory sets his machine for the production of fine parts for carbines, machine guns and military radios. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky
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Credit lineConversion. Watch cases to war production. Sighting one of the "guns" of production. A diemaker in a converted Kentucky watch case factory sets his machine for the production of fine parts for carbine. 1942-01-01. United States. Office Of War Information, Palmer, Alfred T.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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