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De Soto bomber plant. Detroit, Michigan. A riveting opearation on the central section

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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

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Film copy on SIS roll 4, frame 763.

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michigan wayne county detroit safety film negatives lot 75 arthur s siegel photo de soto bomber plant office of war information farm security administration united states history detroit publishing company photograph collection library of congress
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01/01/1942
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detroit
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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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michigan wayne county detroit safety film negatives lot 75 arthur s siegel photo de soto bomber plant office of war information farm security administration united states history detroit publishing company photograph collection library of congress