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Title
Woman worker packing parachute into cylinder
Creator
Morgan, Ward C., 1907-1997, photographer

Institution
Western Michigan University

Subject
World War, 1939-1945 -- Equipment and supplies

Subject
Women employees

Subject
Parachutes

Item Number
LA01i051

Relation
3 photos in event - 2196-M; see also 1512-M

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
People Working. Woman wearing kerchief and pants, loading AN-M26 parachute flare into outer casing during WWII. Two women co-workers visible in background. Client: Kalamazoo Stove Company, Kalamazoo, MI (Photographic Negative)

Woman worker packing parachute into cylinder

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