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Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Welder working on the bottom of one of the holds of a barge

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Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Working on the bottom of one of the barges

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Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Welder working on the bottom of one of the holds of a barge

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Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Welder working on one of the barges

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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Date

01/01/1942
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Contributors

Delano, Jack, photographer
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Location

Decatur (Ala.) ,  34.60583, -86.98333
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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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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