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Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Lillian Goritschnig and her helper, Frances Heipek, removing turned 105 mm. howitzers from stockpile for honing operation at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant of Chain Belt Company

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. Mrs. Florence Ritter removing a 105 mm. howitzer from a drilling machine at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant of Chain Belt Company

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

Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Testing a 105 mm. howitzer in 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. Florence Ritter removing a 105 mm. howitzer from a drilling machine at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant of Chain Belt Company

Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Lillian Goritschnig and her helper, Frances Heipek, removing turned 105 mm. howitzers from stockpile for honing operation at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant of Chain Belt Company

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Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).

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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 1603.

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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 lillian goritschnig frances heipek wisconsin plant office of war information farm security administration industrial history factory workers 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 lillian goritschnig frances heipek wisconsin plant office of war information farm security administration industrial history factory workers library of congress