Production: Milling machines and machine castings
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Title
Production: Milling machines and machine castings
Collection
Occupations
War industry workers
War Industry workers- Men
Names
United States. Office for Emergency Management (Sponsor)
Palmer, Alfred T. (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1942-01
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Occupations
Subjects
War work
Defense industry
Hoisting machinery
Machine-tool industry
Foundries
Genres
Notes
Content: Original negative #: D-4517; Schomburg copy negative #: SC-CN-82-0074; Caption on back: "Cranes do most of the lifting in the foundry of a large midwest machine tool plant. Massive chains like this one are needed for handling the heavy flasks and finished castings. (Jan. 1942)"
Physical Description
Extent: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver, 10 x 8 in.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16181531
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG03-F224
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2cb9deb0-c6d1-012f-300b-58d385a7bc34
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