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Men and women weaving with netting shuttles at Carron Net Company, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, 1944
During World War II the Carron Net Company of Two Rivers produced more than $1,000,000 worth of camouflage nets, cargo nets, barrage balloon nets and sports nets. This photograph was originally published as part of a feature on the Carron firm in the Milwaukee Journal, February 27, 1944.
via: Wisconsin Maritime Museum by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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Men and women weaving with netting shuttles at Carron Net Company, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, 1944

During World War II the Carron Net Company of Two Rivers produced more than $1,000,000 worth of camouflage nets, cargo nets, barrage balloon nets and sports nets. This photograph was originally published as part of a feature on the Carron firm in the Milwaukee Journal, February 27, 1944.

via: Wisconsin Maritime Museum by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

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