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Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. The quilling operation, early in the making of parachute cloth, consists of winding the fine nylon thread from spools onto small quills. The threads will later be woven into the parachute cloth
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Credit lineProduction. Parachute cloth and shrouds. The quilling operation, early in the making of parachute cloth, consists of winding the fine nylon thread from spools onto small quills. The threads will later. 1942-01-01. United States. Office Of War Information, Rittase, William M.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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