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Lititz, Pennsylvania. Harvey Duke, an able machinist who hadn't worked for several years until he came to the Animal Trap Company last year, is almost seventy, and an example of the hiring of older men since the war began. He helped a great deal in converting the factory and built many of the end-gr
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Lititz, Pennsylvania. Harvey Duke, an able machinist who hadn't worked for several years until he came to the Animal Trap Company last year, is almost seventy, and an example of the hiring of older men since the war began. He helped a great deal in converting the factory and built many of the end-gr

Collins, Marjory · 1942-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineLititz, Pennsylvania. Harvey Duke, an able machinist who hadn't worked for several years until he came to the Animal Trap Company last year, is almost seventy, and an example of the hiring of older me. 1942-01-01. Collins, Marjory. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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