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Production. Parachute making. Not taking a tuck in a wedding gown but sewing up a seam of a flare parachute! This is a joining operation in which sixteen panels, or gores, of the parachute are sewn together. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut
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Production. Parachute making. Not taking a tuck in a wedding gown but sewing up a seam of a flare parachute! This is a joining operation in which sixteen panels, or gores, of the parachute are sewn together. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

United States. Office Of War Information, Rittase, William M. · 1942-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineProduction. Parachute making. Not taking a tuck in a wedding gown but sewing up a seam of a flare parachute! This is a joining operation in which sixteen panels, or gores, of the parachute are sewn to. 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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