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WWII Shipbuilding: A Look at the Painters at the Bethlehem-Fairchild Shipyard

painters at the Bethlehem-Fairchild shipyard in May 1943
Take a look back to WWII and the shipbuilding industry at the Bethlehem-Fairchild Shipyard. See the painters at work in May 1943 in this special photo from the Library of Congress.
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This is a truckload of painters at the Bethlehem-Fairchild Shipyard taken at the height of World War II.

painters at the Bethlehem-Fairchild shipyard in May 1943
painters at the Bethlehem-Fairchild shipyard in May 1943

Source: Library of Congress

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