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De Land pool. Carr's Machine Shop. Nothing makes W.E. Mansfield so mad as the idea that Florida shops cannot do fine precision work. He should know, for he's doing it in a member shop of the De Land pool. He worked on weapons and ammunition for the Winchester Arms Company for twenty years and though
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Credit lineDe Land pool. Carr's Machine Shop. Nothing makes W.E. Mansfield so mad as the idea that Florida shops cannot do fine precision work. He should know, for he's doing it in a member shop of the De Land p. 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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