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• Women workers employed as wipers in the roundhouse having lunch in their rest room, C. & N.W. R.R., Clinton, Iowa (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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• Girl worker at lunch also absorbing California sunshine, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Nacelle parts for a heavy bomber form the background (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• Two assembly line workers at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company enjoy a well-earned lunch period, Long Beach, Calif. Nacelle parts of a heavy bomber form the background (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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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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  • 101,002 views
  • Date taken: 1939
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• A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Nacelle parts for a heavy bomber form the background (LOC)

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  • 7 comments
  • 189 favorites
  • 98,119 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• Lunchtime brings a few minutes of rest for these women workers of the assembly line at Douglas Aircraft Company's plant, Long Beach, Calif. Sand bags for protection against air raid form the background. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at

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  • 9 comments
  • 170 favorites
  • 93,610 views
  • Date taken: 1939
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• C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Elibia Siematter, employed as a sweeper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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