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Women Inspecting 37-Millimeter Shells

Date: 1942
Description: Factory workers at International Harvester's West Pullman Works inspecting 37-millimeter shells.
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New Female Employee Training

Date: 01 13 1941
Description: A group of new female factory workers receiving their first day of training at an International Harvester factory. The factory was responsible for making ...
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Women Working In 20 mm Gun Plant

Date: 05 25 1942
Description: Female factory workers operate lathes at International Harvester's 20 (twenty) millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "Women employees have been tra...
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Women Inspecting Gun Parts International Harvester Factory

Date: 05 25 1942
Description: Female factory workers inspect parts at International Harvester's 20 (twenty) millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "Many small parts for the gun a...
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Woman Operating a Surface Grinder at War Plant

Date: 05 25 1942
Description: Female factory worker operates a surface grinder at International Harvester's 20 (twenty) millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "This woman employe...
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Woman Polishing Torpedo at McCormick Works

Date: 06 08 1943
Description: A female factory worker wearing safety glasses uses what appears to be a piece of sandpaper to polish a torpedo part at International Harvester's McCormick...
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Woman with Torpedo at McCormick Works

Date: 1943
Description: A woman's face is visible through an opening in the after-body of an aircraft torpedo as she uses a tool to tap holes in it. The photograph was taken at In...

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