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War production workers at the Vilter (Manufacturing) Company making M5 and M7 guns for the U.S. Army, Milwaukee, Wis. Ex-stage orchestra musician, checking an M7 gun with gage, after turning LCCN2017878337

War production workers at the Vilter [Manufacturing] Company making M5 and M7 guns for the U.S. Army, Milwaukee, Wis. Ex-stage orchestra musician, checking an M7 gun with gage, after turning out on a gun lathe. Her two brothers and husband are in the service

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers making M5 and M7 guns for the U.S. Army. Ex-stage orchestra musician, checking a M7 gun with gage, after turning out on a gun lathe. Her two brothers and husband are in the armed service

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers making M5 and M7 guns for the U.S. Army. Ex-stage orchestra musician, checking a M7 gun with gage, after turning out on a gun lathe. Her two brothers and husband are in the armed service

War production workers at the Vilter Manufacturing Company making M5 and M7 guns for the U.S. Army, Milwaukee, Wis. Ex-housewife, age 24, filing small parts. Her husband and brother are in the armed service

War production worker at the Vilter Manufacturing Company making M5 and M7 guns for the U.S. Army, Milwaukee, Wis. Ex-housewife, age 49, now doing bench work on small gun parts. Son is Second Lieutenant, Son-in-law, Captain in Army

War production worker at the Vilter [Manufacturing] Company making M5 and M7 guns for the U.S. Army, Milwaukee, Wis. Ex-housewife, age 49, now doing bench work on small gun parts. Son [is] Second L[ieutenan]t, Son-in-law, Capt[ain] in Army

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers making M5 and M7 guns for the U.S. Army. Ex-housewife, age twenty-four, filing small parts. Her husband and brother are in the armed service

War production workers at the Vilter Manufacturing Company making M5 and M7 guns for the U.S. Army, Milwaukee, Wis. Ex-stage orchestra musician, checking an M7 gun with gage, after turning out on a gun lathe. Her two brothers and husband are in the service

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12002-21.

Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

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