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Gum Sorting and Inspection Dept. at American Chicle Company Plant,
Underwood & Underwood,
1923
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Production A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Checking part to blueprint. Here a pair of factory workers check the blueprint with a part which will go into the “Vengeance” dive bombers made at Vultee’s Nashville Division. The “Vengeance” (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force).
Alfred T. Palmer, photographer,
1943.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Biddick Mine, Livingston, Wis.,
Lighty Photo Co.,
1915.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Fumiko Hirata and Mr. Matsumoto,
Ansel Adams, photographer,
1943.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
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