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Summary
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog 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 1895.
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new york state
new york
safety film negatives
lot 2117
edward gruber
photo
box castings
new york city instrument manufacturer
three quarters pound
two pounds
navy specification forty nine
office of war information
farm security administration
navy
us navy
united states history
library of congress
Date
01/01/1941
Location
new york
Source
Library of Congress
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Copyright info
Public Domain