"The photograph shows a group of women workers in a munitions plant during World War One. They are engaged in a task known as "Burring head end and spannen slotting" at Gray & Davis Co. in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The image was taken by M. S. Groat on January 14, 1919, and received on January 15, 1919, after being passed by the censor."

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Size: 8456px × 5695px
Photo credit: © piemags/NSC / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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