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Summary
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 31, frame 466.
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california
los angeles county
los angeles
safety film negatives
lot 1912
david bransby
united states office for emergency management
photo
trailers
war
western trailer company
los angeles plant
high catwalks
screw heads
office of war information
farm security administration
united states history
library of congress
Date
01/01/1942
Location
california
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain