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Buffalo, New York. Polish-American woman measuring part of a locomotive wheel with calipers. She operates the lathe on which it is being finished at the New York Car Wheel Company, makers of locomotive wheels for the railroads
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Credit lineBuffalo, New York. Polish-American woman measuring part of a locomotive wheel with calipers. She operates the lathe on which it is being finished at the New York Car Wheel Company, makers of locomotiv. 1943-01-01. Collins, Marjory. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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