Production. Shell loading. On the "firing line" of a large Midwest loading plant, artillery shells soon to batter the Axis are sprayed with olive drab paint. This women is a sprayer, but women also do the "puddling" of TNT in shells better than men. For "puddling," the stirring and packing of TNT in
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- 1943
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"Production. Shell loading. On the "firing line" of a large Midwest loading plant, artillery shells soon to batter the Axis are sprayed with olive drab paint. This women is a sprayer, but women also do the "puddling" of TNT in shells better than men. For "puddling," the stirring and packing of TNT in" (1943). FSA/OWI, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Production._Shell_loading._On_the_%22firing_line%22_8b08261v.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 124024.
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