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Loading castings onto a sandblast table in a large Midwest aluminum foundry now producing war essentials
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Credit lineLoading castings onto a sandblast table in a large Midwest aluminum foundry now producing war essentials. 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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