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Subcontracting. Bogie-wheel assembly. Lining up a milling machine fixture in the shop of an Eastern subcontractor working on the production of bogie-wheel assembly parts. The particular operation shown is the milling of a slot in a rubbing plate. Painesville Machine Company
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Credit lineSubcontracting. Bogie-wheel assembly. Lining up a milling machine fixture in the shop of an Eastern subcontractor working on the production of bogie-wheel assembly parts. The particular operation show. 1942-01-01. Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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