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Conversion. Hosiery factory. Her left hand knows what her right one is doing! Each is operating two looms: her right hand guides a loom which produces silk for women's stockings, while her left hand rests on one which is producing mosquito netting for American armed forces. At present this plant is forty percent converted from production of stockings to netting, but with additional orders more looms will be converted to this essential war production. Van Raalte Company

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Conversion. Hosiery factory. Her left hand knows what her right one is doing! Each is operating two looms: her right hand guides a loom which produces silk for women's stockings, while her left hand rests on one which is producing mosquito netting for American armed forces. At present this plant is forty percent converted from production of stockings to netting, but with additional orders more looms will be converted to this essential war production. Van Raalte Company

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Summary

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Annotation on negative.
Caption card lists some of the printing history of image.
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 30, frame 1819.

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01/01/1942
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new york
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