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Tools to finish the job. This young lady performs the delicate task o fmeasuring the pitch of screw threads in the gauge-testing laboratories
Tools to finish the job. This young lady performs the delicate task o fmeasuring the pitch of screw threads in the gauge-testing laboratories

Tools to finish the job. This young lady performs the delicate task o fmeasuring the pitch of screw threads in the gauge-testing laboratories

Date2/18/1941
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tools to finish the job. This young lady performs the delicate task o fmeasuring the pitch of screw threads in the gauge-testing laboratories.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0107367F
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