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Production. Aircraft engines. A young Negro worker stands ready to wash or "degrease" this airplane motor prior to its shipment. He's an employee of a large Midwest airplane plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant
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Production. Aircraft engines. A young Negro worker stands ready to wash or "degrease" this airplane motor prior to its shipment. He's an employee of a large Midwest airplane plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

United States. Office Of War Information, Rosener, Ann · 1942-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineProduction. Aircraft engines. A young Negro worker stands ready to wash or "degrease" this airplane motor prior to its shipment. He's an employee of a large Midwest airplane plant. Melrose Park, Buick. 1942-01-01. United States. Office Of War Information, Rosener, Ann. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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