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Consolidated Paper Company War Work
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Two employees of the Consolidated Paper Company check the quality of the laminate product emerging from the dry end of the treater. The laminate was manufactured as part of the company's war work for the military. The man in the photograph has been identified as Bob Schutz; the woman is unidentified.
March 1944
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