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Conversion. Pianos to airplane motors. Erstwhile piano keyboard assemblers, Clara Bernas (left) and Bernice Struts, employees of a Chicago piano factory which has been converted to war production, now assemble crank bearings for pneumatic trainer-plane motors. Bernice operates the electric screwdriv
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Credit lineConversion. Pianos to airplane motors. Erstwhile piano keyboard assemblers, Clara Bernas (left) and Bernice Struts, employees of a Chicago piano factory which has been converted to war production, now. 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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