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    Quote Originally Posted by mklotz View Post
    No eye protection and a bracelet on each wrist makes me think it's a staged photo. Ah well, at least she has her long hair in a snood.

    Many of these war photos of women workers were made to encourage women to join the workforce and, as a result, tried to show that a woman didn't have to sacrifice her femininity while doing a "man's job". They weren't meant to demonstrate proper safety practices.
    I'm pretty sure you are on to something there Marv. The acronym on the bottom of the photo seemed familiar to me. After some searching, I found this.

    "The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was the predecessor to The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)."

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