Buffalo, NY. Symington-Gould, maker of ship, tank, and railroad parts. Operator of a 5 ton crane in the Finishing Department who operated a crane in the same plant in the last war.
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- 1943-05
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- Original size
- 2,291 × 3,000 pixels
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