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Workers of many races push plane output

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

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Original negative #: 28628; Caption on back: "The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been termed an industrial melting pot, since men and women of 58 national origins work side by side in pushing America's plane output. S.O. Porter, Douglas director of personnel, recently declared that Negroes are doing an outstanding job in all plants. Carol Angel is shown in the El Segundo plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company.
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Photographs
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United States. Office of War Information
Created Date:
1939 1945
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

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