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• Women workers install fixtures and assemblies to a tail fuselage section of a B-17F bomber at the Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17 which distinguished itself in acti

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Meacham field, Fort Worth, Tex. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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• The capitol of the Virginia colony during the 18th century, which was reconstructed and restored to its original state by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., during the 1930's, Williamsburg, Va. The capitol originally erected in 1701-5 was the meeting place of the

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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• Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation, Detroit, Mich. Coal tower atop coke ovens (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• [Abraham Lincoln campaign button for 1860 presidential election] (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1860
  • Date uploaded: 2013-06-28
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• [Unidentified soldier in Union musician's uniform] (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1861
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