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Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. A group of shipyard workers

Baltimore, Maryland. A group of workers at the Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Group of workmen

Baltimore, Maryland. A group of workers at the Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. A group of shipyard workers

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Shipyard workers

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Group of workmen

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. A shipyard worker

A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat. Office of War Information Photograph

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. A group of workers with their safety goggles

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Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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01/01/1943
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Siegel, Arthur S., photographer
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Baltimore (Md.) ,  39.29028, -76.61222
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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