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Description
The Portland Company of Portland, Maine manufactured shell casings for World War I. The company received the award for the most casings producted with the least number of rejects.
About This Item
- Title: 108 mm. shell manufacturing, ca. 1917
- Creation Date: circa 1917
- Subject Date: circa 1917
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 17 cm x 22 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 40b Env. 12, 12-13
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Ordnance industry--Maine--Portland
- Portland Company (Me.)--Photographs
- World War, 1914-1918--War work--Maine--Portland
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