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Summary
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Title and other information from caption card.
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 30, frame 1155.
Tags
pennsylvania
lawrence county
ellwood city
safety film negatives
lot 2026
alfred t palmer
united states office of war information
photo
war program production scene
antiaircraft gun carriage
thirty seven millimeter antiaircraft gun
america war program
office of war information
farm security administration
united states history
library of congress
Date
01/01/1941
Location
ellwood city
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain