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Production. Shell loading. Weighing the propelling charges of smokeless powder before they are poured into shells at a large Midwest loading plant. This precise work is done mostly by women. Mechanical devices produced in the fuse division enable soldiers in the field to delay or accelerate the expl
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Credit lineProduction. Shell loading. Weighing the propelling charges of smokeless powder before they are poured into shells at a large Midwest loading plant. This precise work is done mostly by women. Mechanica. 1943-01-01. United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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