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Jersey City Quartermaster Repair Sub-Depot; Negro women play an important part in the conservation activities of the Quartermaster Corps.; Overcoats, shirts, trousers, and other items are prepared for final repair operations by ripping off torn pocket flaps, sleeves, and other portions of garments and replacing with patches or new portions; This is termed 'preparation"; Approximately 100 employees are engaged in preparing clothing similar to view shown in photograph
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Jersey City Quartermaster Repair Sub-Depot; Negro women play an important part in the conservation activities of the Quartermaster Corps.; Overcoats, shirts, trousers, and other items are prepared for final repair operations by ripping off torn pocket flaps, sleeves, and other portions of garments and replacing with patches or new portions; This is termed 'preparation"; Approximately 100 employees are engaged in preparing clothing similar to view shown in photograph" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939 - 1945. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-8413-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Jersey City Quartermaster Repair Sub-Depot; Negro women play an important part in the conservation activities of the Quartermaster Corps.; Overcoats, shirts, trousers, and other items are prepared for final repair operations by ripping off torn pocket flaps, sleeves, and other portions of garments and replacing with patches or new portions; This is termed 'preparation"; Approximately 100 employees are engaged in preparing clothing similar to view shown in photograph" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 25, 2021. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-8413-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1939 - 1945). Jersey City Quartermaster Repair Sub-Depot; Negro women play an important part in the conservation activities of the Quartermaster Corps.; Overcoats, shirts, trousers, and other items are prepared for final repair operations by ripping off torn pocket flaps, sleeves, and other portions of garments and replacing with patches or new portions; This is termed 'preparation"; Approximately 100 employees are engaged in preparing clothing similar to view shown in photograph Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-8413-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
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Jersey City Quartermaster Repair Sub-Depot; Negro women play an important part in the conservation activities of the Quartermaster Corps.; Overcoats, shirts, trousers, and other items are prepared for final repair operations by ripping off torn pocket flaps, sleeves, and other portions of garments and replacing with patches or new portions; This is termed 'preparation"; Approximately 100 employees are engaged in preparing clothing similar to view shown in photograph, (1939 - 1945)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=September 25, 2021 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>
