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Helen Cathcart at the Stocking Shop, Springfield Armory National Historic Site, 1943.

Mechanization increased rifle production during WWII. Pictured: Cathcart is loading a gun stock into a machine which will automatically shape the gun stock. The person at this station became known as a 'stocking stuffer'.

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Organization: Springfield Armory National Historic Site
Address: One Armory Square, Suite 2, Springfield, MA 01105

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