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Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).

Caption card lists some of the printing history of image.

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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 31, frame 66.

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california los angeles county burbank safety film negatives lot 1985 david bransby united states office for emergency management photo west coast aircraft plant women aircraft workers war plants office of war information farm security administration united states history factory workers library of congress
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01/01/1942
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california los angeles county burbank safety film negatives lot 1985 david bransby united states office for emergency management photo west coast aircraft plant women aircraft workers war plants office of war information farm security administration united states history factory workers library of congress