Women in essential services. Ethel Peterson, twenty-seven, an expert lift-truck operator at the Paraffine Company in Emeryville, California. Her job demands manual skill and excellent driving judgement, for sharp curves must be rounded and the cargo must be handled with precision and speed at all ti
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"Women in essential services. Ethel Peterson, twenty-seven, an expert lift-truck operator at the Paraffine Company in Emeryville, California. Her job demands manual skill and excellent driving judgement, for sharp curves must be rounded and the cargo must be handled with precision and speed at all ti" (1943). FSA/OWI. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thel_Peterson,_twenty-seven,_an_expert_lift-truck_operator_at_the_Paraffine_Company_8b08379v.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 125949.
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