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Americans all. At an Eastern aircraft factory, Philip Leung, Chinese; Marcell Webb, Negro; and an unidentified white worker adjust the retractable landing gear of a pursuit plane on the final assembly line. Republic Aircraft Corporation

Americans all. At an Eastern aircraft factory, Philip Leung, Chinese; Marcell Webb, Negro; and an unidentified white worker adjust the retractable landing gear of a pursuit plane on the final assembly line. Republic Aircraft Corporation

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Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).

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Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

Film copy on SIS roll 31, frame 1071.

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safety film negatives lot 1972 howard liberman united states office of war information photo eastern aircraft factory republic aircraft corporation philip leung marcell webb pursuit plane office of war information farm security administration race relations african americans united states history aircraft 1940 s aircrafts 1940 s library of congress
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01/01/1942
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safety film negatives lot 1972 howard liberman united states office of war information photo eastern aircraft factory republic aircraft corporation philip leung marcell webb pursuit plane office of war information farm security administration race relations african americans united states history aircraft 1940 s aircrafts 1940 s library of congress