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Summary
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Caption card lists some of the printing history of image.
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 164.
Tags
pennsylvania
erie county
erie
safety film negatives
lot 1911
alfred t palmer
united states office for emergency management
photo
homes
first world war
defense workers
defense
war
office of war information
farm security administration
united states history
library of congress
Date
01/01/1941
Location
erie
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain