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A black and white photo of a person fixing a sink. Office of War Information Photograph

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Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches).

Title and other information from caption card.

Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

Film copy on SIS roll 0, frame 0.

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nitrate negatives lot 1918 ann rosener united states office for emergency management machine models others don t instruction book home grease job service man ultra high resolution high resolution office of war information farm security administration united states history library of congress
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01/01/1942
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united states
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Library of Congress
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nitrate negatives lot 1918 ann rosener united states office for emergency management machine models others don t instruction book home grease job service man ultra high resolution high resolution office of war information farm security administration united states history library of congress