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• A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• Two Navy wives, Eva Herzberg and Elve Burnham, entered war work after their husbands joined the service, Glenview, Ill. They assemble bands for blood transfusion bottles at Baxter Laboratories. Mrs. Burnham is the mother of two children (LOC)

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  • 59,538 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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• The careful hands of women are trained in precise aircraft engine installation duties at Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• Working with the electric wiring at Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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