Women in war. Filling station attendant. Tires need checking too? Shifting trends of employment in wartime America have opened up new jobs for such women as this young East Liverpool, Ohio, girl who has pioneered in two new fields since graduation from high school. She learned butchering first, and
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- 1942-07
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- FSA/OWI
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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- 1,024 × 768 pixels
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"Women in war. Filling station attendant. Tires need checking too? Shifting trends of employment in wartime America have opened up new jobs for such women as this young East Liverpool, Ohio, girl who has pioneered in two new fields since graduation from high school. She learned butchering first, and" (1942-07). FSA/OWI. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tires_need_checking_too_8b07397v.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 126067.
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