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Here Dorothy Norwood holds the stop watch on Miss Secor in one of the tests designed to speed up selection of suitable workers
Here Dorothy Norwood holds the stop watch on Miss Secor in one of the tests designed to speed up selection of suitable workers

Here Dorothy Norwood holds the stop watch on Miss Secor in one of the tests designed to speed up selection of suitable workers

Date7/9/1942
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Original Toronto Star caption: Here Dorothy Norwood holds the stop watch on Miss Secor in one of the tests designed to speed up selection of suitable workers.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019001F
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