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Untitled photo, possibly related to: Buffalo, New York. In the finishing department of Republic Steel. Gladys Chase (left), former beautician, using an acetylene torch to burn defects from a twenty-foot steel billet which will later be shaped into a machine gun barrel. It takes six months to learn t
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Credit lineUntitled photo, possibly related to: Buffalo, New York. In the finishing department of Republic Steel. Gladys Chase (left), former beautician, using an acetylene torch to burn defects from a twenty-fo. 1943-01-01. Collins, Marjory. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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