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Production. Machine guns of various calibers. Dorothy Taylor, bench lathe operator at a large Eastern firearms plant, makes oil drills for .50- caliber machine gun barrels. Many women workers are employed in this plant, producing essential weapons for the armed forces

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Production. Machine guns of various calibers. Dorothy Taylor, bench lathe operator at a large Eastern firearms plant, makes oil drills for .50- caliber machine gun barrels. Many women workers are employed in this plant, producing essential weapons for the armed forces

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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Date

01/01/1942

person

Contributors

Feininger, Andreas, 1906-1999, photographer

United States. Office of War Information.

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Location

Blue Hills (Hartford County, Conn.), 41.81278, -72.69750

Google Map of 41.812777777777775, -72.6975

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Library of Congress

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http://www.loc.gov/

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Public Domain