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Conversion. Auto body plant. He used to be an automobile worker, but he's one of Uncle Sam's war workers these days, with the conversion of his company to the production of airplane parts. In the picture above, he's polishing a wing segment. Briggs Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Michigan

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Conversion. Auto body plant. He used to be an automobile worker, but he's one of Uncle Sam's war workers these days, with the conversion of his company to the production of airplane parts. In the picture above, he's polishing a wing segment. Briggs Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Michigan

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1942

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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer

United States. Office for Emergency Management.

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Detroit (Mich.), 42.33139, -83.04583

Google Map of 42.331388888888895, -83.04583333333333

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Library of Congress

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