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Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. In a sea of silk, this woman worker is making parachutes for America's paratroopers. She is one of many Negro employees in the aircraft factory of an Eastern navy yard
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Credit lineManpower. Negro navy yard workers. In a sea of silk, this woman worker is making parachutes for America's paratroopers. She is one of many Negro employees in the aircraft factory of an Eastern navy ya. 1942-01-01. United States. Office For Emergency Management, Liberman, Howard. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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