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Conversion. Auto parts to aircraft landing gear. Like a sculptor working in marble, this toolmaker is carving a die (a process known as diecasting) from a piece of solid tool steel for use in the production of forgings for aircraft landing gear. The machining is being done in a converted Midwest aut
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Conversion. Auto parts to aircraft landing gear. Like a sculptor working in marble, this toolmaker is carving a die (a process known as diecasting) from a piece of solid tool steel for use in the production of forgings for aircraft landing gear. The machining is being done in a converted Midwest aut

Richie, Robert Yarnall, United States. Office Of War Information · 1942-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineConversion. Auto parts to aircraft landing gear. Like a sculptor working in marble, this toolmaker is carving a die (a process known as diecasting) from a piece of solid tool steel for use in the prod. 1942-01-01. Richie, Robert Yarnall, United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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