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June 1942. Gas-welding a joint in a line of spiral pipe at the Tennessee Valley Authority's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer, Office of War Information.
Got linked here from the 2K forums. This guy looks EXACTLY like BioShock 2's Jacob Norris. I wonder if they used this exact photo in art design research for the game. The fact that it was taken in 1942 (the game being set in 1958, and predominantly styled with late-forties fashion) makes it all the more interesting.
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