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Women handling lathe in a factory in the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
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Credit lineWomen handling lathe in a factory in the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). 1940-01-01. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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