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Washington, D.C., public schools go to war

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Smith, Roger

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Original negative #: D-10201; Caption on back: "The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit the pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. They have gone all-out for the program of Civilian Defense, and Phelph Vocational School has become an important training center for workers in war plants. Photo shows young woman operating a lathe in the machine shop at this school.
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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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Keywords

  1. African American Women
  2. African Americans
  3. Defense Industry
  4. Lathes
  5. Machine Shops
  6. Vocational School Students
  7. War Work
  8. Washington (D.C.)
  9. Women

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