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Conversion. Pianos to airplane motors. From piano keys to parts for trainer planes. Lorraine Avezzano, pictured at work in a Chicago piano factory prior to its conversion to war production. She uses the same boring machine today to process parts for Uncle Sam's trainer planes. Gulbransen Company
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Credit lineConversion. Pianos to airplane motors. From piano keys to parts for trainer planes. Lorraine Avezzano, pictured at work in a Chicago piano factory prior to its conversion to war production. She uses t. 1942-01-01. Rosener, Ann, United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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