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Left, operator attends rebuilt automatic cotter pin making machine formerly used to make bobby pins. Right, machine being rebuilt to produce cotter pins
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Left, operator attends rebuilt automatic cotter pin making machine formerly used to make bobby pins. Right, machine being rebuilt to produce cotter pins

1942-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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safety film negativesunited states
Credit lineLeft, operator attends rebuilt automatic cotter pin making machine formerly used to make bobby pins. Right, machine being rebuilt to produce cotter pins. 1942-01-01. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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