Women take over the operation of some of the heaviest machine tools at the Inglewood, Calif., plant of North American Aviation, Inc. Day and night, shifts of girl employees use this huge hydraulic press to form thousands of sheet metal parts for United Nations war planes.
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- 1942-10
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- U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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- 3,000 × 2,416 pixels
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"Women take over the operation of some of the heaviest machine tools at the Inglewood, Calif., plant of North American Aviation, Inc. Day and night, shifts of girl employees use this huge hydraulic press to form thousands of sheet metal parts for United Nations war planes." (1942-10). U.S. National Archives, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Women_take_over_the_operation_of_some_of_the_heaviest_machine_tools_at_the_Inglewood,_Calif.,_plant_of_North_American..._-_NARA_-_195490.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 5310.
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