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Barrage balloon manufacture. Reinforcing tail rigging of a new ballonet type barrage balloon, these workers at the barrage plant are cementing, seaming and rolling reinforcing tape across points in the tail and fins where strain is greatest. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

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01/01/1941

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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer

United States. Office for Emergency Management.

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Akron (Ohio), 41.08139, -81.51889

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