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Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Adolph Pranewicz of Milwaukee, who has a son in the Marines, checking off rough material with a gauge after the first turning on a lathe of a 105 mm. howitzer at the plant of Chain Belt Company, Milwauke, Wisconsin

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Production. 105 mm. howitzer. Turning a 105 mm. howitzer on a lathe at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant of Chain Belt Company

Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Dorothy Conger, whose husband is in the Army, inspecting 105 mm. howitzers in the Chain Belt Company plant, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Mrs. Mary Betchner inspecting one of the twenty-five cutters for burrs before inserting it in the inside of a 105 mm. howitzer in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant of Chain Belt Company. Her son is in the Army; her husband and daughter are in war work

Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Mrs. Mary Betchner inspecting one of the twenty-five cutters for burrs before inserting it in the inside of a 105 mm. howitzer in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant of Chain Belt Company. Her son is in the Army; her husband and daughter are in war work

Production. 105 mm. howitzer. Turning a 105 mm. howitzer on a lathe at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant of Chain Belt Company

Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Lillian Goritschnig with two sons in the service, one overseas, and a husband ready to go into the service, inspecting the inside of a 105 mm. howitzer on a lathe at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant of Chain Belt Company, with microbrand and also shot-changing the honing stone for finished inside operation of 105 mm. howitzers

Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Lillian Goritschnig with two sons in the service, one overseas, and a husband ready to go into the service, inspecting the inside of a 105 mm. howitzer at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant of Chain Belt Company, with microbrand and also shot-changing the honing stone for finished inside operation of 105 mm. howitzers

Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Adolph Pranewicz of Milwaukee, who has a son in the Marines, checking off rough material with a gauge after the first turning on a lathe of a 105 mm. howitzer at the plant of Chain Belt Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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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 32, frame 1597.

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wisconsin milwaukee county milwaukee safety film negatives lot 2022 howard r hollem united states office of war information photo howitzers chain belt company adolph pranewicz office of war information farm security administration united states history home front wwii artillery world war 2 library of congress
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01/01/1942
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wisconsin milwaukee county milwaukee safety film negatives lot 2022 howard r hollem united states office of war information photo howitzers chain belt company adolph pranewicz office of war information farm security administration united states history home front wwii artillery world war 2 library of congress