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1939-1945: World War II > Richmond Shipyards

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Title: Workers at launching of C-4 Troop Transport
Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

The war in Europe had an enormous impact on American industry. Wartime factory work created new job opportunities, such as building battleships. These photographs, all taken in and around the Richmond Shipyards in Richmond, California, give a sense of what took place at shipyards during World War II.

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