Soldier assembling fulminate caps for Mark V fuse in the Mesa Plant, Irvington. A supply of caps is kept in a wooden bulkhead with a vertically sliding shutter. Operator seen with a small number of caps in front of her. Photo taken by Sgt. V. J. Palumbo on Dec. 11, 1918.

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