Lt. Lubbe and women workers in ordnance shops at Midvale Steel and Ordnance Co., Philadelphia, PA. The photograph, taken on December 31, 1918, shows women workers engaged in gear cutting. One of the gears visible in the image is a giant gear with a diameter of 50 inches.

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