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

Verona, New Jersey. Sewing the edge of an American flag at the Annin Flag Company.
Marjory Collins, photographer,
1943.
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

“Labor, Work, Action,”
Hannah Arendt,
typescript lecture, 1967.
The Hannah Arendt Papers at the Library of Congress,
Series: Speeches and Writings File, 1923-1975.
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
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