The hand that rocks the cradle can also rock the Axis. American women are rapidly taking their places on the industrial front. Here in this small factory, the owner's wife operates one of the machines making dies for incendiary bombs.
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- 1942-02
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"The hand that rocks the cradle can also rock the Axis. American women are rapidly taking their places on the industrial front. Here in this small factory, the owner's wife operates one of the machines making dies for incendiary bombs." (1942-02). FSA/OWI. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_hand_that_rocks_the_cradle_can_also_rock_the_Axis._American_women_are_rapidly_taking_their_places_on_the..._-_NARA_-_196246.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 125768.
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