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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Tedious and exacting is the work of this highly skilled machinist. He is shaping a ship's plate, a difficult operation which must be accurate to the "nth" degree
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Credit lineShipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Tedious and exacting is the work of this highly skilled machinist. He is shaping a ship's plate, a difficult operation which must be accurate to the "nth" degree. 1941-01-01. United States. Office For Emergency Management, Palmer, Alfred T.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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