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Aircraft Torpedo Manufacture

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Two women inspect a drill press at an International Harvester factory. Original caption reads: "Dust prevention and cleanliness is so important as a factor...
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Aircraft Torpedo Manufacture

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Male and female workers producing torpedo parts at an International Harvester factory. Original caption reads: "A battery of acetylene torches is here show...
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New Female Employee Training

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: A group of recently hired factory female workers receive their first day of training at an International Harvester factory. The factory was responsible for...
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Female Employees Inspecting Ball Bearings

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Female factory workers inspect ball bearings at an International Harvester factory. The factory produced aerial torpedoes for the U.S. Military.
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Female Employees Assembling Torpedo Parts

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Female workers assembling torpedoes for the U.S. Military at an International Harvester factory. Original caption reads: "This large group of women employe...
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Woman Working on Midget Mill in Torpedo Plant

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Woman working on a midget mill that cuts spiral grooves and moves at a rate of about 3500 r.p.m. The woman operating this machine was a former drill press ...
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Woman Operating a Grinding Machine

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: A female factory worker operates a grinding machine. Original caption reads: "This woman employee on torpedo production operates a grinding machine. The pa...
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Aircraft Torpedo Manufacturing

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Factory workers machining torpedo parts at an International Harvester factory. Original caption reads: "This section of the torpedo plant houses a line of ...
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Women in Torpedo Factory

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: A line of female factory workers operate milling machines at an International Harvester plant responsible for manufacturing aircraft torpedo parts. Origina...
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Woman Operating a Grinder at Torpedo Factory

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: A woman operating a grinding machine at an International Harvester factory responsible for manufacturing aircraft torpedo parts. Original caption reads: "T...
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Women Factory Workers in Torpedo Plant

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: A long line of female factory workers operating drill presses in an International Harvester aircraft torpedo plant. Original caption reads: "A battery of 1...
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Women Factory Workers in Torpedo Plant

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Female factory workers operating automatic screw machines at an International Harvester aircraft torpedo factory. Caption on photograph reads: "Two batteri...
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Man Fitting Copper Tubing for Torpedo

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: A factory worker uses an oxy-acetylene torch to fit a copper tube in the production of an aircraft torpedo. He is wearing an International Harvester Compan...
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Aircraft Torpedo Manufacture

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Men working in a laboratory at an International Harvester factory producing aircraft torpedoes. Original caption reads: "All materials used in the torpedo ...
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Aircraft Torpedo Manufacture

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Factory workers inspecting aircraft torpedo parts at an International Harvester factory. Original caption reads: "Women are employed by the company to insp...
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Woman Inspecting Bearing in Aircraft Torpedo Manufacture

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Female worker inspecting a ball bearing for an aircraft torpedo at an International Harvester factory. Original caption reads: "The precision instrument us...

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