Camden, New Jersey - Cabinet making. RCA Victor. Hand sanders - working on cabinets. This work is not called skilled, but it requires a considerable degree of skill: the cabinet could easily be ruined by careless handling. All hand sanders at RCA have had 12 to 15 years' experience.
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- 1937-03-04
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- U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
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