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Production. Shell loading. Every shell that goes through a large Midwest loading plant must be thoroughly cleaned. These women are removing excess paint from the bands that circle the projectiles. Women also stencil firing data on the shells and perform many other essential operations. Ravenna ordnance plant

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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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01/01/1943

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United States. Office of War Information.

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Ravenna (Ohio), 41.15750, -81.24194

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