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Cutting screen door stock to measurement. Screening demonstration. Saint Mary's County, Ridge, Maryland

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Cutting screen door stock to measurement. Screening demonstration. Saint Mary's County, Ridge, Maryland

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Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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Date

01/01/1941

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Contributors

Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer

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maryland

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Library of Congress

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http://www.loc.gov/

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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html