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Drawing of a cartridge case. Skilled worker drawing a five-inch cartridge case for the big anti-aircraft guns. The yard in which the work is performed is one of eleven Navy yard arsenals which are working at top speed to furnish ammunition needed for our two-ocean Navy

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Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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01/01/1942

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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer

United States. Office of War Information.

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687

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Library of Congress

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