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Negroes speed war work for Tennessee Valley Authority

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@ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

Palmer, Alfred T

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Original negative #: D-10105; Schomburg copy negative #: SC-CN-95-0147; Caption on back: "Alonzo Bankston is a furnace operator in the TVA plant producing carbide for use of plants manufacturing synthetic rubber.
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Photographs
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United States. Office of War Information
Created Date:
1942 06
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

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The New York Public Library

Keywords

  1. Defense Industry
  2. Tennessee Valley Authority
  3. War Work

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