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Production. Machine guns of various calibers. Agnes Mahan, bench lathe operator at a large Eastern firearms plant, makes oil drills for .50- caliber machine gun barrels. Many women workers are employed in this plant, producing essential weapons for the armed forces
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Credit lineProduction. Machine guns of various calibers. Agnes Mahan, bench lathe operator at a large Eastern firearms plant, makes oil drills for .50- caliber machine gun barrels. Many women workers are employe. 1942-01-01. United States. Office Of War Information, Feininger, Andreas. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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