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Press Photo Machinist Harry Hood at Work on Big Naval Gun, Washington, D.C.

This is an original press photo. Washington, D.C. . . . When the casting of a big naval gun is sufficiently cool it is taken from the mold and placed. See Harry Hood, machinist at the Navy Yard here, at work on the barrel of a 16-inch naval rifle. The barrel is in a giant lathe and machinist Hood is preparing to turn the outside diameter.Photo measures 8.5 x 6.5inches. Photo is dated --NONE.

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