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Production. Airplanes. Machinist at work on a main-beam wing joint of a YP-38 plane in production at a big Western plant. The machine is a Gallmeyer-Livingston surface grinder
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Credit lineProduction. Airplanes. Machinist at work on a main-beam wing joint of a YP-38 plane in production at a big Western plant. The machine is a Gallmeyer-Livingston surface grinder. 1942-01-01. Bransby, David, United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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