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Jersey City Quartermaster Repair Sub-Depot; Negro women play an important part in the conservation activities of the Quartermaster Corps; This view shows portions of metal repair operations; Among the items repaired in this section are canteens, mess kits, canteen cups, etc

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Accession or call #: Occupations WW II War Workers factory & Assembly Line
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Photographs
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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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The New York Public Library

Keywords

  1. African American Women
  2. African Americans
  3. Defense Industry
  4. Jersey City (N.J.)
  5. United States
  6. United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps
  7. War Work
  8. Women
  9. Women In War
  10. World War, 1939 1945

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