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Minneapolis, Minnesota. Defense worker at Northern Pump Company
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Credit lineMinneapolis, Minnesota. Defense worker at Northern Pump Company. 1942-01-01. Delano, Jack. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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