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Washington, D.C. Woman worker in a wartime machine shop using a chair designed to rest her back and be manufactured with a minimum use of metal
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Washington, D.C. Woman worker in a wartime machine shop using a chair designed to rest her back and be manufactured with a minimum use of metal

Parks, Gordon · 1943-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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washington (d.c.)safety film negativesdistrict of columbiaunited states
Credit lineWashington, D.C. Woman worker in a wartime machine shop using a chair designed to rest her back and be manufactured with a minimum use of metal. 1943-01-01. Parks, Gordon. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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