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Grinding aircraft parts (one with inverted lamp shade). Tiny parts for aircraft are here being surface ground by a small machine shop in New York City whose peacetime products are industrial saws and knives. The same skill and machinery needed to produce saws and knives is thus being turned to the j
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Grinding aircraft parts (one with inverted lamp shade). Tiny parts for aircraft are here being surface ground by a small machine shop in New York City whose peacetime products are industrial saws and knives. The same skill and machinery needed to produce saws and knives is thus being turned to the j

Gruber, Edward · 1942-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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safety film negativesunited statesnew yorknew york (state)
Credit lineGrinding aircraft parts (one with inverted lamp shade). Tiny parts for aircraft are here being surface ground by a small machine shop in New York City whose peacetime products are industrial saws and . 1942-01-01. Gruber, Edward. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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